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Corrections Corporation of America

Northeast Ohio Correctional Center Class Action

Date: 03/01/1999 (Date of Settlement)

Misconduct Type: Human Rights

Enforcement Agency: Non-Governmental

Contracting Party: None

Court Type: Civil

Amount: $2,406,000

Disposition: Settlement

Synopsis: Washington, D.C. inmates who were transferred to the CCA-managed Northeast Ohio Correctional Center filed a lawsuit claiming they were physically abused, not adequately protected and denied adequate medical care at the facility. In March 1999, CCA agreed to pay $1.65 million plus $756,000 in fees and expenses to settle the lawsuit.