Associated Press
BOISE, Idaho — A private prison company is asking a federal judge to bar a lawsuit brought by 24 inmates and the American Civil Liberties Union over violence at Idaho’s only private prison, saying the primary plaintiff should go it alone in court.
Corrections Corporation of America runs Idaho’s only private prison, the Idaho Correctional Center near Boise. Earlier this year, the ACLU filed an amended complaint on behalf of Marlin Riggs and other inmates, saying the facility is so violent that it’s known as “gladiator school” and that guards deliberately expose prisoners to brutal beatings from other inmates.
In its response filed last week, the Nashville, Tenn.-based company says the amended lawsuit oversteps bounds the court set when it agreed to appoint attorneys to help Riggs bring his case.