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| Jail privatization bill advances |
| By The Sun Herald |
| Published: 03/22/2007 |
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JACKSON, MS - After a long, heated debate, the House on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a bill that would allow the Harrison County Board of Supervisors to privatize the troubled county jail. The bill is a response to the beating murder of an inmate and revelations by deputies that inmate beatings by jailers were commonplace. An attempt by Rep. Danny Guice, R-Ocean Springs, to amend the bill drew debate. He proposed the bill be changed to create a study committee to determine whether privatization would be a good idea. He said the bill could set precedent for other boards of supervisors, who traditionally feud with sheriffs over jail operations, to ask for similar permission. House Penitentiary Chairman Bennett Malone echoed this argument. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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