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Another Prisoner Dies at Tennessee Prison Run By CoreCivic
Loaded on May 1, 2020
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2020, page 49
Filed under:
Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic,
Prison/Jail Murders,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice,
Suicides.
Location:
Tennessee.
by Matt Clarke
The September 14, 2019, death of prisoner Albert Dorsey, 60, at the Hardeman County Correctional Facility (HCCF), a private prison operated by Tennessee-based CoreCivic, was initially called a suicide by the medical examiner. The prison’s report said he died alone in his cell that “no one else ...
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