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Idaho: FBI Declines to Press Criminal Charges against CCA for Falsified Staffing Records
Idaho: FBI Declines to Press Criminal Charges against CCA for Falsified Staffing Records
by Joe Watson and Mark Wilson
The FBI will not pursue criminal charges following a 15-month investigation into allegations that the nation’s largest for-profit prison company, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), understaffed the Idaho Correctional Center and ...
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