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Suit Proceeds Against CoreCivic by Guard Strip-Searched at Georgia Prison
Loaded on April 26, 2024
by David Reutter
Filed under:
Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic,
Strip Searches,
Employee Litigation.
Location:
Georgia.
by David Reutter
On March 13, 2023, the federal court for the Southern District of Georgia denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a guard for private prison giant CoreCivic, alleging she was unconstitutionally strip-searched at Wheeler Correctional Facility (WCF).
“Though Defendants attempt …
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