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CoreCivic and Securus Technologies Agree to Pay $3.7 Million to Settle Suit for Illegally Recording Attorney-Client Conversations
Loaded on Jan. 1, 2021
by Douglas Ankney
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2021, page 56
Filed under:
Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic,
Settlements,
Telephones,
Contractor Liability,
Breach of Contract.
Location:
Missouri.
by Douglas Ankney
On July 31, 2020, a motion was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri revealing that CoreCivic and Securus Technologies (Defendants) had agreed to pay $3.7 million to settle a lawsuit alleging illegal recording of attorney-client conversations at the Leavenworth Detention Center ...
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