Sunday, February 23, 2014

CCA Slammed with huge attorneys' fees order

After exposing horrendous abuse and deceptive tactics regarding compliance with a settlement agreement at a CCA-run prison in Idaho, CCA has just been ordered to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in attorneys' fees. The judge ordered CCA to pay the attorneys representing the prisoners substantially more than the minimum permitted by law, because of their "extraordinary performance yielding extraordinary results."