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| Private Prison Plan Could Save FL Money |
| By floridaindependent.com |
| Published: 02/09/2011 |
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Gov. Rick Scott’s budget proposal, announced yesterday, would cut the Department of Corrections budget by $82 million, seeking to close two prisons, letting go of thousands of workers, and to “maximize private prison capacity.” # The Department of Corrections would bear the brunt of Scott’s plan to eliminate nearly 8,700 positions throughout state government (many of which, he said, are vacant), accounting for almost a fifth of the total positions cut under Scott’s plan. # Most of the staff cuts would come in the area prison operations, where Scott expects to find more than $200 million in savings. His budget also sets aside more than $200 million for private prison operations, and proposes mandating savings of 7 percent on private prison contracts. # Scott also wants to spend $32.5 million to renegotiate private prison contracts to “maximize private prison capacity,” which would generate $29 million in “savings from maximizing private prison capacity.” # Read More. |
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