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| Prison company wants lawsuit held during FBI probe |
| By idahostatejournal.com |
| Published: 03/12/2014 |
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Private prison company Corrections Corporation of America is asking a federal judge to put an Idaho lawsuit on hold while an FBI investigation into the company is underway. In a motion filed in Boise’s U.S. District Court earlier this week, CCA’s attorney Kirtlan Naylor said the company wants to stave off turning over documents or taking part in depositions until the federal fraud investigation ends. CCA has operated the Idaho Correctional Center for more than a decade. In 2012, eight inmates at the facility sued the Nashville, Tenn.-based company, contending poor management and chronic understaffing led to an attack in which they were jumped, stabbed and beaten by a prison gang. The inmates also contend that CCA covered up the understaffing in monthly reports to the state of Idaho as part of a so-called “ghost worker scheme” designed to boost profits for the company despite putting inmates at risk. Read More. |
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