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Private Geo Prison in Texas Rocked By Prisoner Abuse, Disturbance and Escape
Loaded on Nov. 15, 2006
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2006, page 27
Filed under:
Out of State Transfers,
Private Prisons,
GEO Group/Wackenhut,
Prison Rebellion,
Escapes,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Pepper Spray/Tear Gas.
Location:
Idaho.
by Matthew T. Clarke
Recently, the Newton County Correctional Center (NCCC), a private prison in Newton, Texas run by the Boca Raton, Florida-based Geo Group, has experienced several incidents involving the out-of-state Idaho prisoners housed there. These incidents included a non-violent protest involving 85 prisoners, an escape, and the …
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