Private Prison Company Allegedly Partnered With Violent Gangs
A new lawsuit brought by eight inmates of the Idaho Correctional Center
alleges that the company is cutting back on personnel costs by
partnering with violent prison gangs to help control the facility. Court
documents and an investigative report issued by the state’s Department
of Corrections show how guards routinely looked the other way when gang
members violated basic facility rules, negotiated with gang leaders on
the cell placement of new inmates, and in one instance may have even
helped one group of inmates plan a violent attack on members of a rival
gang.