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Plan filed to reopen prison
By The Press-Enterprise
Published: 09/15/2006

EAGLE MOUNTAIN, CA - A Houston-based corrections company hopes to reopen a 500-bed lockup in Eagle Mountain, three years after lawmakers closed the privately operated prison. Riverside County officials confirmed Thursday that they've received a proposal from Cornell Cos. for a 150,000-square-foot correctional facility in the remote community near Joshua Tree National Park.

Cornell Cos. officials did not return telephone calls seeking comment this week. The company's Web site says it operates 79 correctional facilities in 17 states, including California.

Terry Thornton, spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, said the state has asked contractors to submit their plans for operating 8,500 prison beds for men and women.

Information about the bidders and their proposals is confidential until the state awards the contracts Nov. 17, Thornton said. Read more.

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