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GEO Buys CSC After Settling $38.8 Million Judgment in Texas Boot Camp Death

Loaded on June 15, 2006 published in Prison Legal News June, 2006, page 30

Filed under: Private Prisons, Esmor/CSC, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Financing, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice. Location: Texas.

Correctional Services Corporation (CSC) has settled a $38 million judgment that held the company responsible for the 2000 death of Bryan Dale Alexander, an 18 year old prisoner at a Texas boot camp. The terms are confidential, but according to an online article accessed February 6, 2006, CSC paid $2.7 ...

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