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...looked at me and said none of them had ever faced off before,” Kelly admitted. “At the same time, I was looking forward to the challenge. Often times, when someone has done something for a long period of time, it’s tough to correct their bad habits. This gave me a chance to teach and mold the kids with my philosophies...
...ethical principles, which is that you have to fulfi llyour commitment to democracy, but that’s really one of the only moments whereI’m angry.RR: What’s the angriest you’ve been in recent memory?AM: That’s a tough one. I’m not that much of an angry person. Perhaps I havemore of a diplomatic streak in me.RR: How did so many mellow people get into this cast?AM: Well, I’d say Jeff [C. Witt ‘09] defi nitely has the ability...
Political connections, though, may not be enough to get Puryear a lifetime post as a federal district judge in Tennessee. Puryear recently confronted tough questions about his conduct, experience and potential conflicts of interest from Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which must approve him before a full Senate vote. Now, a former CCA manager tells TIME that Puryear oversaw a reporting system in which accounts of major, sometimes violent prison disturbances and other significant events were often masked or minimized in accounts provided to government agencies with oversight over prison contracts. Ronald T. Jones, the former CCA manager, alleges...
...Philip Perry, who lobbied for CCA in Washington before serving as general counsel for the Department of Homeland Security, which has millions of dollars in contracts with CCA, from 2005 to 2007.) The company has likewise given financial support to tax-exempt policy groups that support tough sentencing laws that help put more people behind bars. Like other prison companies, CCA has faced numerous lawsuits that stem from allegedly inadequate staff levels that can be a cause of high levels of violence in the prisons. Though hundreds of such lawsuits are often pending at any given time, many brought...