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State Auditor Blasts Colorado DOC's Private Prison Oversight Failures
by Matthew T. Clarke
In June 2005, the Colorado State Auditor released its April 2005 report of the performance audit of private prisons contracted by the Colorado Department of Corrections. The report strongly criticized the private prisons performance and the lack of oversight by the DOCs monitors.
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