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MTC Returns $5.125 Million to Mississippi for “Ghost Workers” at Private Prisons
Loaded on March 1, 2024
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2024, page 57
Filed under:
Management and Training Corporation,
Contractor Misconduct,
Corrections Audits,
Staffing,
Guards/Staff.
Location:
Mississippi.
Utah-based Management & Training Corporation (MTC) announced on September 18, 2023, that it returned $5.125 million to the Mississippi Department of Corrections (DOC), after a state investigation found the private prison operator understaffed lockups operated for DOC.
As PLN reported, Mississippi Auditor Shad White submitted a civil demand in November ...
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