nmate population. The Youngstown situation was exacerbated by the fact that the CCA violated its deal with local officials by shipping in over 600 maximum-security prisoners, even though the facility was designated for medium-security prisoners only. Even more significantly, the poor quality of the staff at private prisons is also reflected in several lawsuits against CCA corrections officers for physically abusing inmates (Phinney, 1998b, pp. 1-3).
Furthermore, researchers analyzing the billion-dollar priv
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