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CoreCivic Still Accruing Fines for Short-Staffing Florida Jail Where Developmentally Disabled Teen Was Raped
Loaded on March 1, 2023
by Ashleigh Dye
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2023, page 58
Filed under:
Prisoner-Prisoner Assault,
Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic,
Disabled Prisoners,
Staffing,
Juvenile Offenses/Offenders.
Location:
Florida.
by Ashleigh N. Dye
At its meeting on January 24, 2023, the Board of County Commissioners of Florida’s Citrus County voted to deduct $116,250 off its December 2022 bill from private prison operator CoreCivic to run the county jail. The fine represents a daily fee of $3,750, assessed for failing ...
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