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Former CCA Captain and Texas Probation Officer Pleads Guilty
Loaded on May 15, 2002
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2002, page 25
On October 25, 2001, Jason Driskell, 27, a former captain at the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) operated Whiteville Correctional Facility (WCF) in Tennessee, pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice charges in federal court. Driskell admitted that in 1999 he struck and injured prisoner Sammy Everett at the prison, and …
Filed under:
Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic,
Guard Misconduct,
Crime/Demographics,
Criminal Prosecution,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Probation.
Locations:
Oklahoma,
Texas.
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