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CoreCivic and Securus Technologies Agree to Pay $3.7 Million to Settle Suit for Illegally Recording Attorney-Client Conversations

Loaded on Jan. 1, 2021 by Douglas Ankney published in Prison Legal News January, 2021, page 56

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Settlements, Telephones, Contractor Liability, Breach of Contract. Location: Missouri.

by Douglas Ankney

On July 31, 2020, a motion was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri revealing that CoreCivic and Securus Technologies (Defendants) had agreed to pay $3.7 million to settle a lawsuit alleging illegal recording of attorney-client conversations at the Leavenworth Detention Center ...

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