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GEO Cancels Contract at Pennsylvania Jail, Looks Elsewhere for Business
Loaded on March 15, 2009
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2009, page 16
Filed under:
Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic,
GEO Group/Wackenhut,
Wexford Health Services,
Community Education Centers,
Contractor Misconduct,
Lobbying,
HIV/AIDS,
Medication,
Respiratory,
Conditions of Confinement,
Staffing,
Contractor Liability,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice,
Suicides.
Locations:
Florida,
New Mexico,
Pennsylvania.
GEO Cancels Contract at Pennsylvania Jail, Looks Elsewhere for Business
by David M. Reutter
GEO Group, Inc. (formerly known as Wackenhut Corrections), the second-largest private prison company in the nation, has operated the jail in Delaware County, Pennsylvania since 1995. GEO reportedly saved the county $30 million when it built ...
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