Forgive us for being late on this piece of news – apparently, this occurred just as this reporter was going on vacation – but Florida legislators’ plans for prison privatization on a massive scale have come to a screeching halt. As we reported in July, the Police Benevolent Association—an influential law enforcement union of...
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With fiscal belt-tightening en vogue and Republicans enjoying new power after last year’s midterm elections, Florida isn’t the only state where prison privatization is being considered in a big way. Arizona is reportedly planning to hand over 5,000 prison beds to private corporations; Ohio is said to be planning on shedding 6,000. (Granted, Florida...
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