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$4,000 Settlement in Assault at CCA Prison

Loaded on Aug. 24, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Failure to Protect (Juveniles). Location: Tennessee.

Corrections Corporation of America paid $4,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging a guard at the Shelby Training Center in Tennessee assaulted a juvenile, Brandon D. Jones.

The April 2006 confidential settlement was obtained via public records request by PLN. The complaint was not available. Jones was represented by Memphis attorney Andrew Bender.

See: CCA SA 0116-0121

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