Private prison staff accused of spying on inmates in toilets and showers

Former detainee Corey Donaldson claims CoreCivic staff at McRae correctional facility in Georgia peered at and made video recordings of immigrant inmates

A former detainee at a prison for immigrants in rural Georgia alleges he and other detainees were the victims of sexual harassment and voyeurism by employees of CoreCivic, formerly known as Corrections Corporation of America, one of the largest private prison contractors in the US.

Corey Donaldson, an Australian national, was held at the McRae correctional facility in McRae-Helena, Georgia, for a handful of months of his five-year sentence before he was deported to Australia in July 2018.

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