U.S. v. Rios-Flores, No. 02-CR-632-ALL (W.D.Tex.) (318 F.Supp.2d 452) (January 21, 2003) (William Wayne Justice)
Here the Court held that a privately owned and run prison is not a “federal penal facility” for purposes of 18 USC § 1791(a)(2), a statute prohibiting the possession of drugs and other contraband in a Federal prison.
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