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| McDonough unsure about privatizing prisons |
| By Tallahasee Democrat |
| Published: 08/01/2006 |
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TALLAHASEE, FL - The head of Florida's prison system, who has been cleaning up contracting scandals for six months, today expressed skepticism about prison privatization. Secretary Jim McDonough said private companies are good at financing and building prisons but that the Department of Corrections is better at running them. The state has five privately operated prisons and a sixth under construction, but McDonough said he doesn't see it as a growth industry. "In some areas, we've saved the state a lot of money by out-sourcing," McDonough said on a radio call-in program. "The inmates in that system are still mine. I still have the obligation to make sure that they're properly taken care of - and even more important, that they're secure." Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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