Private prison firm drops efforts to keep Nashville contract
about 5 years in Washington Times
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A private prison company abruptly dropped efforts to keep running a jail in Nashville, saying it won't be used as a “punching bag" as city officials take steps to end the agreement on their own. Damon Hininger, CEO of Tennessee-based CoreCivic, informed Nashville-Davidson County Sheriff Daron ...