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GEO Group Rescinds $6 Million Donation to Name Stadium at Florida University
Loaded on Feb. 4, 2015
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2015, page 50
Filed under:
GEO Group/Wackenhut.
Location:
Florida.
GEO Group Rescinds $6 Million Donation to Name Stadium at Florida University
by David M. Reutter
A student-led coalition against naming the Florida Atlantic University (FAU) football stadium after private prison firm GEO Group claimed victory in April 2013, when the company withdrew its $6 million donation to the school ...
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- Eighth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Prisoner’s ADA/RA Claims, by Mark Wilson
- Misconduct at Washington State Civil Commitment Center as Concern Grows Over Releases, by David Reutter
- Georgia’s Execution Drug Secrecy Law Found Constitutional, by David Reutter
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