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According to a tort claim filed March 16 with the Idaho Secretary of State, guards at the privately run ICC allowed Hanni Elabed to be severely beaten, "as a form of retribution connected with his refusal to participate in drug distribution at the ICC ..."
Elabed's beating is detailed in the ACLU suit, though he is not named. The ACLU filed a federal claim on March 11 on behalf of six named inmates, claiming that conditions at ICC are so violent as to violate the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. The suit seeks class-action status for all ICC inmates and punitive damages of $155 million - the 2009 net income of Corrections Corporation of America, which operates ICC - on behalf of one inmate.See the full content of this document
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More Assaults at Icc
Just days after the American Civil Liberties Union sued the operators of Idaho's largest prison, the Idaho Correctional Cente...
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