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| Overcrowding to force state to export prisoners to Michigan |
| By seattletimes.com- Jennifer Sullivan |
| Published: 06/03/2015 |
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Inside Washington’s 12 prisons, space is maxed out with every bed occupied, and officials expect the overcrowding to worsen. To ease the problem, Department of Corrections Secretary Bernie Warner signed a contract last month with The Geo Group, a South Florida-based private corporation that runs prisons around the world. Geo Group plans to house up to 1,000 male Washington inmates at its prison in Baldwin, Mich. Under the contract, Geo Group will be paid $60 per day per inmate. The company will cover the cost of transporting inmates to Michigan, Warner said. Warehousing inmates in privately run prisons is nothing new for the DOC. In the mid- to late 2000s, overcrowding forced the prison system to ship inmates out of state. The practice drew complaints from inmates and their loved ones, who said it broke apart families. Read More. |
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