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$14 Million Settlement in U.S. Corrections Corporation Pension Plan Suit

Loaded on June 15, 2003 by Michael Rigby published in Prison Legal News June, 2003, page 25

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, U.S. Corrections Corp, Contractor Misconduct, Money/Property, Pensions, Employee Litigation. Location: Kentucky.

In accordance with a July 29, 2002 ruling by U.S. District Judge Jennifer B. Coffman, as many as 700 former guards who worked at private prisons in Kentucky operated by U.S. Corrections Corp. could share in settlement of $14 million or more. In her 49 page opinion, Coffman held that ...

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