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| Indiana to house California inmates |
| By Corrections.com |
| Published: 10/11/2006 |
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INDIANAPOLIS, IN Governor Mitch Daniels has authorized the INDOC to house in the underused New Castle Correctional Facility up to 1,200 offenders from California. “We saw an opportunity and contacted California officials several months ago,” said Daniels. “We look at every way we can to be creative and businesslike, and this is a win for everyone.” Indiana will receive $6.2 million per year to house the inmates and will create about 200 new jobs at the facility. New Castle can hold 2,416 prisoners, but it has held about 1,046 inmates since its opening in 2002. A contract between the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and corrections management and supervisory services company, GEO Group, will support housing in Indiana for about 1,200 offenders. The GEO Group, which already provides services at New Castle, will supervise the California inmates and provide them with food, medical care, clothing and required programming at no additional cost to Indiana. The INDOC will receive $15 per day or about $6.2 million each year for the additional offender occupancy. Seriously violent inmates, predatory or sex offender, or seriously mentally ill offenders will not be held at New Castle, and all California offenders will be separated from the Indiana population. The two populations will not be permitted to co-mingle. The GEO Group will hire additional staff for a variety of positions, including correctional officers, counselors, and support staff, who will be trained by the INDOC. INDOC Commissioner J. David Donahue expects the 1,200 beds will be needed by Indiana by the end of 2008, but having the California inmates will help the New Castle staff. “We'll have a fully operational facility with a well-trained work force when we start to use New Castle to house our own offenders,” said Donahue. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said he is pursuing agreements with several states to house California offenders since his state is experiencing unprecedented prison overcrowding. |
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