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Private Prison Contractor Who Allegedly Diverted $1.6 Million in Telephone Revenues Sues California DOC
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2006
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2006, page 11
Private Prison Contractor Who Allegedly Diverted $1.6 Million in Telephone Revenues Sues California DOC
A Bakersfield, California businessman, who lost a contract for his private prison housing California Department of Corrections (CDC) prisoners due to allegations that he misappropriated $1.6 million from prisoner collect telephone call revenues, has filed suit ...
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