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| Ohio Proposes To Privatize Prisons |
| By bucyrustelegraphforum.com |
| Published: 06/22/2010 |
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COLUMBUS -- At least half of Ohio's 31 prisons could be privately operated under legislation recently introduced by two state senators. Republican state Sens. Bill Seitz and Timothy Grendell, representing districts in the Cincinnati and Cleveland areas, respectively, proposed legislation to create a new 15-member Prison Privatization Commission. If approved by the General Assembly, the commission must complete a study by the end of next year, of what Seitz calls "a successful 10-year experiment" with private management of two state prisons. Under Senate Bill 269, a progress report to legislative leaders, the governor and state auditor is due by June 30, 2011, but there is no specific time frame suggested to transfer management of another 29 state prisons to private operators. Read More. |
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