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Corrections Corp. defends program
By Houston Chronicle
Published: 03/18/2008

TENNESSEE - Corrections Corp. of America on Monday criticized as "misleading and inaccurate" two media reports on Executive Vice President and General Counsel Gus A. Puryear and the quality-assurance program that he oversees. Last week, both Time magazine and The Tennessean newspaper published articles questioning the integrity of the program, suggesting the Nashville, Tenn.-based provider of outsourced prison management services underreported and reclassified incidents.

According to a letter filed Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Corrections Corp. Senior Vice President Mike Quinlan said the articles are apparently based on the claims of a former disgruntled employee, and fueled by a former inmate of one of its facilities who is employed by an anti-private prison group known as the Private Corrections Institute. Read more.

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