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‘Corrections Corporation of America uses violence as a management tool at a private prison so brutal it’s known as Idaho’s “Gladiator School,” an inmate claims in court.
Rowe Burningham claims he was brutally beaten at the Idaho Correctional Center, in Kuna. He sued CCA, state prison director Brent Reinke, ICC warden Timothy Wengler and other CCA officers, in Federal Court.
Burningham, a sex offender, claims he was housed in a segregation unit but was moved to a nonsegregation unit against his requests. The move made him susceptible to attack by prison gang members who tend to react violently to sex offenders, he says in the complaint.’
Read more: Lawsuit: Violent Private Prison Called 'Gladiator School'