Wrongful death lawsuit filed over inmate's prison murder

By Nelson Daranciang

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, May 24, 2012

~~<p>Lawyers representing the families of two Hawaii inmates who were murdered in separate incidents in a privately run prison in Arizona in 2010 say the deaths should motivate the state to speed up efforts to bring its inmates back home.</p>
<p>Lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, Human Rights Defense Center and a private law firm in San Francisco filed a wrongful death lawsuit in state court Wednesday on behalf of the family of Clifford Makaio Medina against the state of Hawaii and private prison operator Corrections Corp. of America.</p>
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Lawyers representing the families of two Hawaii inmates who were murdered in separate incidents in a privately run prison in Arizona in 2010 say the deaths should motivate the state to speed up efforts to bring its inmates back home.

Lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, Human Rights Defense Center and a private law firm in San Francisco filed a wrongful death lawsuit in state court Wednesday on behalf of the family of Clifford Makaio Medina against the state of Hawaii and private prison operator Corrections Corp. of America. Login for more...