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Privately-operated Texas Prison Rebounds
Loaded on April 1, 2016
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2016, page 44
Filed under:
LaSalle Management Company,
Guard Misconduct,
Jail Misconduct,
Jail Specific,
Failure to Train/Supervise.
Location:
Texas.
Despite years of controversy that included sitting vacant for months after it was built and staff members being arrested for smuggling contraband and having sexual relationships with prisoners, the Jack Harwell Detention Center in Waco, Texas has rebounded. It now houses more prisoners, obtained a lower interest rate on the ...
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