U.S. private prison giant Corrections Corporation a former warden, said he did not know at the Idaho prison, he led the mandatory long-term jobs unattended.
Tim Wengler, the former warden at CCA operations southwest Idaho Correctional Center Boykin, last Wednesday to U.S. District Judge David Carter, his three years of work, he never noticed that some mandatory safety jobs unattended or several persons on false reports to cover up the missing persons' working hours.
Wengler is a contempt of court hearing two years ago, during the testimony of prisoners reached a settlement with the terms of Idaho, headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, the company's compliance with several officials and employees of the CCA.
Prison inmates, Idaho, American Civil Liberties Union sued in 2010 on behalf of, advocated violent prisoner called "Gladiator School." CCA denied the allegations, but in 2011, a wide range of business needs change, including increased staffing agreement. But earlier this year, the company acknowledged that the lack of staff mandatory minimum prison seven months in office, 2012 4,800 hour period. , Shortly after admission, the Council announced that 46-year-old Wengler after 17 years with the company retired.
But in his testimony Wednesday, Wengler said that he was still with the CCA contract and still get paid by the company. His job is "to assist them in the things they need," Spangler said, including ensuring the company through settlement, reached with the Idaho prisoners. Spangler said he could not remember if his employment contact with his contempt for or against the ban CCA testify.
Wengler also said he never doubted that the mandatory safety requirements for staff positions under all CCA $ 29 million contract to Idaho correction and settled out of court, so often left unattended in whole or in part displacement.
"I believe we fulfill terms of the settlement," Spangler said.
He laid the blame at the feet of his subordinates, saying it was obvious, "someone knows something," and forgery, but he never found any inaccuracies, and when he looked roster.
Carter often interjected sharply in question his own questions and comments, and asked another CCA official company should pay how much money Idaho taxpayers failed to meet the terms of the contract. The judge said the lack of staff 4,800 hours seems to be a low estimate how much time to fill.
CCA's Ethics Officer, Scott Craddock said these times only occur at the lack of staff during the night shift, 7 months, CCA did not fully investigate the number of hours during the day shift understaffed.
Craddock said, some comments suggesting that at least 152 hours unattended in June and another 300 in May.
"As far as I know, CCA they're going to pay back the money IDOC that they should pay them the amount of money?" The judge asked Craddock.
"Let us together," he said, "4800 hours, plus 152, plus 300, what is that? ...... We do not know what day shift Gosh, July, August, September, October month, November, we do not know, do not you? So 4800 hours is a fairly low number of species, is not? "
"We made a detailed report on our report," Craddock said that they based their investigation, it is estimated that seven months during the night shift.
American Civil Liberties Union lawyer Stephen Pevar said he would show evidence, CCA violated a court order not to fill the thousands of hours of security positions, the company tried to cover up the lack of staff to submit false documents with the State, namely CCA deliberately avoided learning Who is responsible for the problem, although more than a year before the study personnel issues, lack of staff continues to this day.
Pevar said the staff shortage problem occurs because there is "the warden supervision, someone fell asleep at the wheel."
CCA's lawyer Daniel attacks that hire and retain qualified correctional officers of the various prisons in the country is a problem.
CCA in Idaho Correctional Center's management team made it mandatory to keep jobs, striking that even hired more staff than the contract requirements, in order to meet the terms of court settlement.
"There is evidence that there is always mandatory to fill jobs challenge," Struck said. He said the company implemented a program to ensure that jobs do not happen again, because there is no increase in inmate assault understaffed.
"So there is no reason to take action, they punish CCA" struck said.
Kevin Myers, CCA regional managing director of operations, demonstrate the company said it is willing to pay the Idaho Department of Correction $ 117,000 to compensate for the lack of staff hours. This corresponds to approximately one hour $ 24.37.
Myers did not say what the response IDOC. The company paid $ 2.9 billion per year under the contract the state of Idaho.
IDOC spokesman Jeff Ray said the department rejected the offer because officials are waiting for the lack of staff Idaho police findings.
 



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