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Chesnut v. Corrections Corporation of America, TN, Complaint, CCA prisoner escapee shot police, 2009 IN THE ________ CIRCUIT COURT OF DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE MARK CHESNUT and MICHELLE CHESNUT, a husband and wife, ) ) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) CORRECTIONS CORPORATION ) OF AMERICA d/b/a …
and Jacqueline Overturf, were being held at the Brush Correctional Facility, a privateprison operated by GRWCorp., when they were sexually assaulted by prison guard Russell E. Rollison. They filed a lawsuit
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Ingram v. Turner et al, TN, Deposition - Turner, CCA warden prisoner abuse, 2009 1 1 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE WESTERN DIVISION _________________________________________________________ 3 4 JAMES INGRAM, 5 PLAINTIFF, 6 vs. NO: 2:07-CV-02798-JDB-STA 7 GLEN TURNER, ET AL., 8 DEFENDANTS. _________________________________________________________ …
Ingram v. Turner et al, TN, Deposition - Turner, reporting misconduct, 2009 1 1 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE WESTERN DIVISION _________________________________________________________ 3 4 JAMES INGRAM, 5 PLAINTIFF, 6 vs. NO: 2:07-CV-02798-JDB-STA 7 GLEN TURNER, ET AL., 8 DEFENDANTS. _________________________________________________________ 9 10 …
general counsel – its top attorney.
Puryear’s judicial nomination did not go unnoticed; it drew the attention of a former CCA prisoner turned criminal justice advocate who opposes privateprisons
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, et seq. See: Memphis Publishing Company v. Cherokee Children & Family Services, Inc., 87 S.W.3d 67 (Tenn. 2002).
This ruling was not tested against the nation’s largest privateprison
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Horton v. CCA, TN, Deposition - Perry, whistleblower mentally ill segregation negligence,2008 BRASWELL,HORTONV. CCA / DEPOOF PATRICKPERRY IN FOR - .-. I U PAGE 3 PAGE 1 SHEET 1 J IVHKI a of FRANK D. indiwidually, THE THE COURT DISTRTCT STATES DlSTRICT OF TENNESSEE UNITED MIDD]-E APPEARANCE 2 For the …
Correctional Center in Wayne County, Tennessee, which is operated by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest privateprison firm. On May 16, 2008 I attended CCA’s annual
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CCA Attempts Cover-Up of Assault by Warden at Tennessee Prison by Alex Friedmann Late last year, a prisoner at the CCA-operated Hardeman County Correctional Facility (HCCF) in Tennessee notified PLN that the prison’s warden, assistant warden and internal affairs officer had either resigned or been fired or transferred. The staff …
$2 Million Confidential Settlement In CCA Prisoner’s 2004 Beating Death Revealed by Alex Friedmann $2 Million Confidential Settlement In CCA Prisoner's 2004 Beating Death Revealed by Alex Friedmann PLN has previously reported on the death of Estelle Richardson, a mentally ill prisoner who died at the CCA-operated Metro-Davidson County Detention …
Flurry of Escapes Emphasizes Prisoners' Desperation by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Last September produced a bumper crop of prison and jail escapes around the country, including a desperate escape by two Texas prisoners that resulted in the death of a guard, a car jacking and two shootouts. Plus a …
of a Corrections Corp. of America prison cell. Four years later, that unsolved homicide has come back to haunt Republican stalwart "Gus" Puryear, the nation's top privateprison litigator and Bush nominee for U.S
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and requiring fees for others. Dean had brought an action to compel the production of documents from various Tennessee Department of Corrections personnel, PrisonHealthServices, Inc. (PHS), and their employees
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$1.6 Million Settlements by PHS and Hillsborough County in Death of Baby Born in Florida Jail
by David Reutter
by David M. Reutter
Inadequate medical care by PrisonHealthServices (PHS) has
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Tennessee DOC’s Double Standard by G.A. Bowers Tennessee DOC's Double Standard by Greg Bowers The Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) applies a double standard to ethical violations committed by its employees and those committed by prisoners. TDOC staff who commit ethical violations are typically reassigned. Even when fired, they have …
