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| Family Sues Prison Corporation |
| By newsone.com - AP |
| Published: 02/17/2012 |
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HONOLULU — The family of a Hawaii inmate stabbed to death at a private prison in Arizona sued the state of Hawaii and prison operator Corrections Corporation of America on Wednesday. The legal action came after two gang members attacked Bronson Nunuha in his cell on Feb. 18, 2010, when a prison employee left the door open at Saguaro Correctional Center, according to the suit filed in Circuit Court. Nunuha was stabbed more than 140 times with two different weapons. The attackers also carved the name of their gang into his chest. “It’s still hard for my family,” Davina Waialae, Nunuha’s mother, said at a press conference on the lawsuit. “My grandson has to grow up without a dad.” Nunuha, 26, was serving a five-year sentence for burglary and property damage. He was nine months away from finishing his sentence when he was killed. “The officials who failed to prevent that death, and who violated the safety rules designed to protect him, must be held accountable,” said Kenneth Walczak, an attorney representing the family. The lawsuit alleges Hawaii agreed to and tolerated insufficient staffing levels at the site where Nunuha was confined. The suit said that allowed dangerous conditions to persist. Further, it alleges the state acted negligently, recklessly and with deliberate indifference to Nunuha’s safety. It says Corrections Corporation of America, based in Nashville, Tenn., put profits ahead of prisoner safety. The company is accused of failing to properly staff Nunuha’s unit, separate members of rival gangs, and separate gang members from non-gang members. It says the company ignored signs Nunuha was in danger. The complaint seeks unspecified monetary damages. Read More. |
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