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State of Tennessee audit reveals deaths, sexual assaults, inadequate medical care in Tennessee prisons, many of them privately run. newschannel5.com/news/scathing-state-audit-slams-tennessee-prisons-corecivic-for-staffing-sexual-assaults-and-deaths-in-jails #CoreCivic #prisonindustrialcomplexOn twitter.com
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Audit: many inmates do not report being sexually assaulted, "out of fear of retaliation or shame, or because they do not believe that complaints of sexual abuse will result in any changes."Permalink On twitter.com
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In the last two years the audit found that 171 inmates have died while in state custody. 12 of those deaths were ruled suicide. Full audit is here: comptroller.tn.gov/disclaimers/state-audit-disclaimer.html#%7B%22originRequestPath%22%3A%22%2Foffice-functions%2Fstate-audit.html%22%2C%22cookie%22%3A%22disclaimer--486887316%22%2C%22assetPath%22%3A%22%2Fcontent%2Fdam%2Fcot%2Fsa%2Fadvanced-search%2F2020%2Fpa19032.pdf%22%7DPermalink On twitter.com
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Tennessee Dept of Corrections also isn't accurately tracking deaths and abuses in its prisons, including private facilities run by #CoreCivic wsmv.com/news/dept-of-corrections-audit-reveals-lapses-in-record-keeping-potential/article_3751dd78-33d4-11ea-b9f5-ff078b63e042.htmlPermalink On twitter.com
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From March 2014 through June 2019, ten prisoners were murdered at the four CoreCivic facilities, which have double the homicide rate of state-run prisions. prisonlegalnews.org/news/2019/jul/16/corecivic-prisons-tennessee-have-twice-many-murders-four-times-homicide-rate-state-run-facilities/Permalink On twitter.com
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Medical care, run in some Tennessee and other state prisons by another private contractor, is often delayed or denied with devastating and sometimes fatal consequences. cnn.com/interactive/2019/06/us/jail-health-care-ccs-invs/Permalink On twitter.com