Human Waste Put in Food, Ex-Inmates Claim

[deadparrot]

ORLANDO, Fla. - Four former inmates sued the private company that runs the Citrus County jail, alleging two former officers put human waste in their food and drinks.

The inmates were subject to cruel punishment, torture and battery in 2004, when they were forced to eat the food contaminated with urine and feces, according to the federal lawsuit filed Friday in Tampa.

A spokesman for Tennessee-based Corrections Corporation of America said the company took action once they heard about the incident at the Citrus County Detention Facility.

"Management immediately investigated and terminated three employees right there and then," company spokesman Steve Owen said Saturday. "The company does have a zero tolerance policy for conduct of that nature."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060312/ap_on_re_us/inmate_lawsuit

[NYC]

1. Since it's a private corporation,

can't it be sued by the state as well? Ought to be.

They also ought to be subject to prosecution.

[ReadTomPaine]

7. I'd like to see the entire private, for profit prison industry...

sued into nonexistance. I'd much rather see every dime spent on them in the pocket of the legal industry and the people they speak on behalf of.

There some industries that should never leave state control, and this is one of them.

[NYC]

9. It's like selling people to a private corporation.

Those corporations have total control over them. It's wrong.

[ReadTomPaine]

10. Perfect way to describe it. n/t

[tecelote]

15. I Completely Agree!

Privatized prisons simply means that people can profit from running prisons as cost effective as possible. This guarantees poor quality since profits always trump human rights.

And, are profits why the United States holds more prisoners than any other country in the world including China and Russia? That's more people in number, not per capita. The Land of the Free holds more people under lock and key than any other country in the world... and key citizens profit from this.

It's wrong.

[MissMarple]

2. Oh, gee. Perhaps they should revisit their hiring practices.

Not they will, of course. That would interfere with the profit thing.

[babylonsister]

3. This is a 'private, corporate' prison. Stand by for more. nt

[laheina]

4. Private prisons are bad policy.

They pay under-qualified individuals substandard wages to be put in that stressful job, which seems to lead to safety issues and abuse--without fail. Meanwhile, the corp running the show is only worried about how it can cut more corners to lower costs.

It just doesn't make sense.

[DBoon]

8. The whole point of privitization is to evade responsibility

"I didn't do it - the subcontractor did it and I didn't know"

[madrchsod]

5. flordia is a hell hole

a friend works for a private health care company and the conditions where she works are inhuman. she has never seen anything so bad in her life

[ReadTomPaine]

16. Oh she will see much worse before this is all done.

We aren't even close to rock bottom yet, and Bush's binge is barely halfway over.

[Name removed]

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[tom_paine]

11. Bushevism is "trickling down"

and evil is on the rise EVERYWHERE.

[0007]

12. Welcome to the new third world country, its off to a bloody good start.

[tom_paine]

13. Five years of constant movement in that direction is more than a start

It is, mostlikely irreparable damage.

[ConcernedCanuk]

14. less than 300 yrs old, the USA is doo-doo in the eyes of the World already

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"Mission Accomplished" indeed . .