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VitaPro President Arrested

Loaded on July 15, 1999 published in Prison Legal News July, 1999, page 14
Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Prison Industries, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Food. Location: Texas.
In the latest development in the on-going VitaPro scandal involving the Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice, Yank Barry was arrested Feb. 11, 1999. Barry, president of Montreal-based VitaPro Foods Inc., was indicted in January 1998 with former state prison chief James A. "Andy" Collins [ PLN , July 1998].

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