CAMPAIGN NEWS: PRESS COVERAGE
FROM: NEW YORK TIMES
Justice
Dept. Sues to Alter Conditions At a Prison
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60A17FF38580C728FDDAA0894D8404482
By FOX BUTTERFIELD
National Desk | March 31, 2000, Friday
ABSTRACT: Justice Dept files lawsuit against Wackenhut Corrections Corp and State of Louisiana charging that conditions at a private for-profit juvenile prison in central Louisiana run by Wackenhut are 'dangerous and life-threatening' and asking federal judge to take emergency action to protect inmates (M) The Justice Department filed a lawsuit yesterday against the Wackenhut Corrections Corporation and the State of Louisiana charging that conditions at a private for-profit juvenile prison in central Louisiana run by Wackenhut are ''dangerous and life threatening'' and asking a federal judge to take emergency action to protect the inmates. The lawsuit asked Judge Frank J. Polozola of Federal District Court in Baton Rouge to intervene to stop guards at the Wackenhut prison from beating the young boys, throwing gas grenades into their barracks, holding them for long periods in isolation and failing to provide the inmates with adequate mental health care and education.
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