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FRANKMJ · Sep 17, 2012

Private Prison Contracts Lock In 90% Occupancy Rates for 20 Years | It's Our Economy

The $250 million proposal, circulated by the Nashville-based Corrections Corporation of America to prison officials in 48 states, has been blasted by some state officials who suggest such a program could pressure criminal justice officials to seek harsher sentences to maintain the contractually required occupancy rates.
â€œYou don't want a prison system operating with the goal of maximizing profits,â€ says Texas state Sen. John Whitmire, a Houston Democrat and advocate for reducing prison populations through less costly diversion programs. â€œThe only thing worse is that this seeks to take advantage of some states' troubled financial position.â€
Corrections Corporation spokesman Steve Owen defended the company's â€œinvestment initiative,â€ describing it as â€œan additional optionâ€ for cash-strapped states to consider.
The proposal seeks to build upon a deal reached last fall in which the company purchased the 1,798-bed Lake Erie Correctional Institution from the state of Ohio for $72.7 million. Ohio officials lauded the September transaction, saying that private management of the facility would save a projected $3 million annually.
Linda Janes, chief of staff for the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, said the purchase came at time when the state was facing a $8 billion shortfall. The $72.7 million prison purchase was aimed at helping to fill a $188 million deficit within the corrections agency.
Ohio's deal requires the state to maintain a 90% occupancy rate, but Janes said that provision remains in effect for 18 months - not 20 years - before it can be renegotiated. As part of the deal, Ohio pays the company a monthly fee, totaling $3.8 million per year.
Roger Werholtz, former Kansas secretary of corrections, said states may be tempted by the â€œquick infusion of cash,â€ but he would recommend against such a deal.
â€œMy concern would be that our state would be obligated to maintain these (occupancy) rates and subtle pressure would be applied to make sentencing laws more severe with a clear intent to drive up the population,â€ Werholtz said.
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JohnnyWeedSeed · Sep 17, 2012

It just makes me sick. Just dumb sheep led to slaughter. How sick and twisted must a person be to deliberately profit from locking innocent people in cages and ruining their lives?

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