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U.S. Corrections Corporation Suit Settled for $13.2 Million
Loaded on July 15, 2006
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2006, page 22
The former owners of U.S. Correctional Corporation (USCC) have agreed to settle a lawsuit over misuse of the employee stock-ownership plan for $13.2 million.
Filed under:
Private Prisons,
Financing,
U.S. Corrections Corp,
Contractor Misconduct.
Location:
Kentucky.
Prior to 1998, when it was purchased by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) for $225 million, USCC ran four private prisons in Kentucky: Marion County Adjustment ...
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