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$6,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Injured During Transport
Loaded on Sept. 10, 2015
by David Reutter
$6,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Injured During Transport
by David M. Reutter
Corrections Corporation of America paid $6,000 to settle a claim that a prisoner was injured during a transport from Silverdale Detention Center in Tennessee. The settlement came following a demand letter from attorney Bill Pemerton.
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