ASHCRAFT v. GEO GROUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA TERRE HAUTE DIVISION JOHN ASHCRAFT, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 2:23-cv-00298-JPH-MG ) GEO GROUP, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ORDER In this civil rights action, Plaintiff John Ashcraft alleges that correctional defendants at New Castle Correctional Facility encouraged gang members to attack him by refusing to place him in a safe housing unit and then refused to provide him access to medical care after the attack. Mr. Ashcraft also alleges that the GEO Group maintained a policy and practice of allowing employees to violate prisoners'…