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Whistleblower alleges document fraud at Geo Group-run federal prison

By Gritsforbreakfast

A whistleblowing prison guard at a private facility run by the Geo Group in Pecos was escorted off the site after he reported ongoing misconduct to the local Sheriff, he blogs at This Ain't My First Rodeo. The blog cites:allegations of fraud committed under his direction in which case managers tricked functionally illiterate foreign nationals incarcerated at RCDC facilities into signing out-dated incident reports against them so that The GEO Group administrators would not incur the wrath of BOP officials for administrative negligence, a characteristic -- among others even more nefarious -- for which they have become infamous in GEO's central region which includes Texas. ...The alleged fraud occurred five to six weeks after a "shake-down" in January of 2008, during which scores of illegal cellphones were confiscated from inmates...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on May 01, 2008 (boomark / email).