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CCA Florida Jail Operations: An Experiment in Mismanagement
Loaded on July 15, 2006
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2006, page 1
by David M. Reutter
Filed under:
Staff-Prisoner Assault,
Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic,
Contractor Misconduct,
Guard Misconduct,
Prison Rebellion,
Systemic Medical Neglect,
OB/GYN,
Escapes,
Overcrowding,
Staffing,
Toilets,
Vermin,
Wrongful Release,
Wrongful Death,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice,
Suicides.
Location:
Florida.
After being in business for twenty-three years, one would think that Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) would have refined the art of running prisons and jails. Yet an examination of CCA's three jails in Florida reveals a pattern of gross mismanagement and substandard or indifferent care ...
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