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Vermont Auditor's Report Blasts CCA and CMS
Loaded on Dec. 15, 2004
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2004, page 24
by David M. Reutter
Filed under:
Out of State Transfers,
Private Prisons,
Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic,
CMS,
Contractor Misconduct,
Medication,
Medical Expenses,
Overcrowding.
Location:
Vermont.
The Keys to Success report issued by the Vermont State Auditor on May 26, 2004, concludes the Vermont Department of Corrections' (VDOC) "failure to monitor its contracts with private companies and individuals has resulted in significant financial impacts, services that were paid for and not received, …
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