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Family of Texas Prisoner Murdered in Geo-Operated Prison Awarded $47.5 Million

Loaded on Feb. 15, 2007 by Michael Rigby published in Prison Legal News February, 2007, page 34
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Crime/Demographics, Prison/Jail Murders, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death). Location: Texas.

On September 15, 2006, a jury in Willacy County, Texas awarded $47.5 million to the family of a prisoner who was murdered at a private prison operated by the Geo Group (formerly Wackenhut Corrections). The Florida-based company was spun off from Wackenhut's parent corporation in 2003 [see PLN, June …

 

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