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The Feds Just Slammed One of the Country’s Biggest Private Prison Companies—Once Again – By APR. 26, 2017
On Tuesday, the Justice Department slammed the private prison company CoreCivic and the US Marshals Service for poor oversight and severe understaffing at a Kansas maximum-security facility that holds federal detainees awaiting trial. These problems led to security risks and low morale, according to the DOJ’s Office of Inspector General, which released an audit of the Leavenworth Detention Center covering 2010 to 2015.
The scathing report comes two months after the Trump administration reversed the Obama administration’s decision to scale back the Justice Department’s use of private prisons following reports of security and administration problems in privatized facilities.
The audit found that CoreCivic, formerly known as the Corrections Corporation of America, struggled with periodic staffing shortages at Leavenworth. In September 2015, there was a 23 percent vacancy rate among correctional officers, who appeared to be leaving for higher-paying jobs with benefits. As a result, the audit found, CoreCivic required long-term mandatory overtime and had to shutter essential security posts, making it harder to respond to emergencies and control access in and out of the facility. The failure to “consistently fill these posts compromised its ability to run the facility in a safe and secure manner,” the auditors wrote.
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