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Death of Hawaii Prisoner Raises Concerns About Arizona Facility
By Chad Blair 02/15/2012
What could the mother of a 26-year-old son possibly have to say about the beating and multiple-stabbing death of her son in his own Arizona prison cell — a killing in which his assailants carved the name of their gang into his chest?
The best that Davina Waialae could muster, between many tears, was that Bronson Nunuha's short life could serve as an example so that others will not meet a similar fate.
"I am here so other inamtes, other members of my family, will not have to go what we are going through," Waialae told reporters Wednesday outside 1st Circuit Court. "My family is still devastated with what is happening. ... My grandson has to grow up without a dad."
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Nunuha was killed in 2010 by other prisoners at a Corrections Corporation of America private prison. Trial for those charged is still pending. CCA and the state of Hawaii, which contracts with CCA to house nearly 1,800 local prisoners in Arizona facilities, are named in the lawsuit.
More: http://www.civilbeat.com/articles/2012/02/15/14900-death-of-hawaii-prisoner-raises-concerns-about-arizona-facility/
What could the mother of a 26-year-old son possibly have to say about the beating and multiple-stabbing death of her son in his own Arizona prison cell — a killing in which his assailants carved the name of their gang into his chest?
The best that Davina Waialae could muster, between many tears, was that Bronson Nunuha's short life could serve as an example so that others will not meet a similar fate.
"I am here so other inamtes, other members of my family, will not have to go what we are going through," Waialae told reporters Wednesday outside 1st Circuit Court. "My family is still devastated with what is happening. ... My grandson has to grow up without a dad."
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Nunuha was killed in 2010 by other prisoners at a Corrections Corporation of America private prison. Trial for those charged is still pending. CCA and the state of Hawaii, which contracts with CCA to house nearly 1,800 local prisoners in Arizona facilities, are named in the lawsuit.
More: http://www.civilbeat.com/articles/2012/02/15/14900-death-of-hawaii-prisoner-raises-concerns-about-arizona-facility/
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