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After Spoliation Sanction, CoreCivic Settles Suit Over Suicide in New Mexico ICE Lockup
Loaded on July 1, 2026
by Chuck Sharman
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2026, page 10
Filed under:
Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic,
Discovery,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice,
Failure to Treat (Mental Illness),
Suicides.
Location:
New Mexico.
by Chuck Sharman
In March 2026, after what was likely the first-ever civil sanction against a private prison company for spoliation of evidence, CoreCivic settled a suit filed over the suicide of a Brazilian migrant at the company’s Torrance County Detention Facility (TCDF), a lockup operated under contract …
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