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U.S. Corrections Corporation Suit Settled for $13.2 Million

Loaded on July 15, 2006 published in Prison Legal News July, 2006, page 22

Filed under: Private Prisons, Financing, U.S. Corrections Corp, Contractor Misconduct. Location: Kentucky.

The former owners of U.S. Correctional Corporation (USCC) have agreed to settle a lawsuit over misuse of the employee stock-ownership plan for $13.2 million.

Prior to 1998, when it was purchased by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) for $225 million, USCC ran four private prisons in Kentucky: Marion County Adjustment ...

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