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The Tennessean
Executive Q&A: Damon Hininger
Damon Hininger was named president and chief operating officer of private prison operator Corrections Corporation of America late last month.
He takes a key leadership role in Nashville-based CCA at a time when its industry is under close scrutiny — and sometimes ensnarled in lawsuits — for what prison reform activists see as poor treatment or even abuse of inmates.
One celebrated case in Nashville, the death of prisoner Estelle Richardson under suspicious circumstances in a Metro detention center in 2004, continues to have repercussions today with calls to further investigate a case that local criminal authorities say is a cold one — although not a closed one. CCA settled a civil lawsuit linked to Richardson’s death two years ago ... Full Story
July 24, 2008 press release: Corrections Corporation of America Announces Executive Officer Appointments