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Ky. Gov Orders Women Moved From Private Prison

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Source: Associated Press

Kentucky governor orders 400 women moved from privately run prison after assault reports
By ROGER ALFORD Associated Press Writer
FRANKFORT, Ky. January 8, 2010 (AP)

Gov. Steve Beshear on Friday ordered some 400 female inmates removed from a privately run prison after widespread allegations of sexual misconduct involving the predominantly male corps of corrections officers.

Beshear ordered the women moved from Otter Creek Correctional Complex, operated by Nashville-based Corrections Corp. of America, to the state-run Western Kentucky Correctional Complex starting by July 1.

The move came four months after the Kentucky Department of Corrections called for security improvements at Otter Creek in a report on the handling of 18 alleged cases of sexual misconduct by prison guards there ...

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