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| Prison company to pay $42.5 million |
| By John MacCormack |
| Published: 04/08/2009 |
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In a searing opinion, the 13th Court of Appeals has upheld $42.5 million in punitive damages against a private prison operator for the “horrific and gruesome death” of inmate Gregorio De La Rosa Jr. in 2001. De La Rosa was beaten to death by two other inmates at a 1,000-bed facility in Raymondville while guards and supervisors looked on, according to trial testimony three years ago. The trial judge concluded that prison officials, including co-defendant David Forrest, the prison warden, had destroyed or lied about critical evidence, including a videotape of the fatal beating. When De La Rosa died, he had only four days left to serve on a six-month sentence for a minor drug offense. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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