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$4,000 Settlement in Assault at CCA Prison
Corrections Corporation of America paid $4,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging a guard at the Shelby Training Center in Tennessee assaulted a juvenile, Brandon D. Jones.
The April 2006 confidential settlement was obtained via public records request by PLN. The complaint was not available. Jones was represented by Memphis attorney Andrew Bender.
See: CCA SA 0116-0121
