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Texas: $5 Million Settlement in TransCor Sex Abuse Case

Loaded on April 15, 2011

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Transport Companies, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Transportation. Location: Texas.

In October 1999, prisoner Cheryl Schoenfeld was sexually assaulted by two TransCor employees while being transported through Texas. TransCor, a subsidiary of private prison firm Corrections Corp. of America (CCA), transports prisoners nationwide.

TransCor guards Michael Jerome Edwards and David Jackson forced Schoenfeld to expose her breasts and perform oral ...

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