Lawsuit says U.S. man spent 18 days in prisoner transport van

So, tell me again just how handing everything over to the private sector solves all ills?

Lawsuit says U.S. man spent 18 days in prisoner transport van

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Originally Posted by CTV News Edward Kovari's 18-day ordeal began Sept. 12, 2016, when some guys in a van showed up to take him from a jail in Virginia to Texas, where he was wanted on charges that he had stolen a car. But the trip from Winchester, Virginia, to Houston took more than two weeks in a crowded van where inmates had to urinate in bottles and take turns sleeping on the van's floor, according to a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday by Kovari. The private company that contracted with the jail to transport Kovari, 39, kept him shackled in the back of that van for 18 days as it wound through the country picking up inmates in an effort at cost efficiency. ... 18 days, most of which he spent in shackles. On only two or three nights did the van actually stop at a jail where prisoners were allowed to get out and spend the night in a bed. ... The van was so crowded - at times with up to 15 passengers - that inmates including Kovari took turns lying on the floor with other inmate's feet on top for the opportunity to sleep.