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Court Unseals Lawsuit Against Prison Privatization Companies

Source: Associated Press (FL), May 2, 2006

There's a multi-million dollar lawsuit against two private companies accused of overbilling and filling false bills at state prisons they operate. Attorney Gregg Goldfarb of Miami is seeking $5 million. He's also looking for civil penalties from the Nashville, Tennessee-based Corrections Corporation of America and the publicly traded Boca Raton-based GEO Group on behalf of plaintiff Ken Kopczynski.