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A week after printing the story about Stewart Decker, Nicole published a seven-thousand-word piece about CUC and Homestead Correction. The story revealed the horrific conditions of the prison, the high levels of corruption among the officers, and the profit motives of CUC.
“Come on!” yelled Sterling as he sat in his office reading the story about CUC. Who does this woman think she is? She’s messing with the wrong guy. The last thing we need right now is bad publicity. This is going to hurt our chances of going public.
Sterling emailed the board of directors to say the story was based on lies and deceit. “They’re false, and we can combat the narrative. This is just some activist reporter trying to criticize our prison system. Yet she has never even been to our facilities,” wrote Sterl
