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privatization: FBI investigating CCA, Nashville-based private prison operator
The FBI has launched a criminal investigation into Nashville-based private prison company Corrections Corporation of America, which ran what Idaho inmates called "Gladiator School" because of a violent reputation they say understaffing helped create.
CCA has operated Idaho's largest prison for more than a decade, but last year, CCA officials acknowledged it had understaffed the Idaho Correctional Center by thousands of hours in violation of the state contract. CCA also said employees falsified reports to cover up the vacancies. The announcement came after an Associated Press investigation showed CCA sometimes listed guards as working 48 hours straight to meet minimum staffing requirements.
The Idaho State Police was asked to investigate the company last year but didn't, until amid increasing political pressure, the governor ordered the agency to do so last month. Democratic state lawmakers asked the FBI to take up the case last month.
CCA operates six jails in Tennessee including the Metro detention facility on Harding Pike for the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office. The CCA corporate headquarters are located in Green Hills.
CCA has operated Idaho's largest prison for more than a decade, but last year, CCA officials acknowledged it had understaffed the Idaho Correctional Center by thousands of hours in violation of the state contract. CCA also said employees falsified reports to cover up the vacancies. The announcement came after an Associated Press investigation showed CCA sometimes listed guards as working 48 hours straight to meet minimum staffing requirements.
The Idaho State Police was asked to investigate the company last year but didn't, until amid increasing political pressure, the governor ordered the agency to do so last month. Democratic state lawmakers asked the FBI to take up the case last month.
CCA operates six jails in Tennessee including the Metro detention facility on Harding Pike for the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office. The CCA corporate headquarters are located in Green Hills.
http://www.tennessean.com/viewart/20140307/BUSINESS/303070090/FBI-investigating-CCA-Nashville-based-private-prison-operator
