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Louisiana Sheriff Busted in Private Prison Scheme
Loaded on July 15, 2000
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2000, page 5
In 1990, Dale Rinicker, then Sheriff of East Carroll Parish (county), Louisiana, saw a lot of money being made in the private "rent-a-jail" business and decided he wanted a piece of the action. So cooked up a scheme that would eventually net him close to half a million dollars before …
Filed under:
Private Prisons,
East Carroll Correctional Systems,
Contractor Misconduct,
Jail Misconduct,
Criminal Prosecution,
Forfeiture.
Location:
Louisiana.
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