"Gov. Daniels: State prison will become privatized...

[Gemini Cat]

...Indiana will save $2-3 million; 90 more workers could be hired by new company"


http://www.pal-item.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050824/NEWS01/508240303/1008
From staff and wire reports


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NEW CASTLE, Ind. -- Gov. Mitch Daniels plans to make the New Castle Correctional Facility the first privately managed Indiana prison.

He and Indiana Department of Correction Commissioner David Donahue made the announcement at a DOC training institute near the prison Tuesday morning. The institute is not included in the privatization.

The number of employees will grow from its current level of 210 to 300, and more prisoners will arrive in increments of about 25 at a time beginning in January. The facility will continue to grow until it reaches a capacity of 2,000 inmates with 500 employees in mid-2007, Donahue said.

The $123 million medium-security prison on the grounds of the former New Castle State Developmental Center was designed to house more than 1,800 inmates and employ about 750 people. Because of state funding shortages, it houses only about 500 inmates.

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[wakeme2008]

1. pissst Mitch -- Jebbie tried this in Florida and it is

costing the state MORE now than with state workers...

[Fritz67]

2. Well, sure it is...

...But under the system as it is now, how much goes to Bitch's rich friends?

It's like some of Goldsmith's efforts to privatize Indianapolis city services--they ended up paying more to the private companies that got contracts (which tended to be Mayor Steve's friends and campaign contributors) than when the city services were controlled by the city.

[BiggJawn]

3. Yeah, like the whole 9th floor....

Privatized the IT department to some outfit called SCT who wound up fucking the taxpayers to the tune of about 5 megabux to "fix" the "Y2K Problem"...

And maybe they should look into how much CCA is charging to run "Marion County Jail II".
It's ALL GRAVY, since CCA does nothing but pay the guards. Everything else is provided by the taxpayers. Building, services, food....

[GrantDem]

4. Cutbacks everywhere!

It seems that Mitch likes to cut back wherever. It doesn't really matter what the consequences are. No wonder he doesn't have a comment.

http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=32144&dcn=todaysnews

[hippiechick]

5. Hi jmauller

Welcome to DU ! Glad you found our little corner ! :hi:

Mitch seems to enjoy hiring his Carmel pals and letting them gut all the State agencies, as well. Gotta keep all the money at the top, y'know ...