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| Guards' union sues over Fla. prison privatization |
| By forbes.com - BILL KACZOR |
| Published: 07/20/2011 |
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A union representing correctional officers has sued to block the implementation of a state budget provision that would privatize 18 prison facilities in South Florida, warning of job losses. About 3,800 prison guards work at the facilities targeted for privatization according to state figures. Florida Police Benevolent Association lawyer Hal Johnson said Tuesday that the measure won't save the state money as claimed by its supporters in the Republican-controlled Legislature. Sponsors say turning the prisons over to private companies will cut operating costs by at least 7 percent. "All it is going to do is just put a bunch of correctional officers out of work for no good reason," Johnson said. Department of Corrections spokeswoman Gretl Plessinger said the agency was still reviewing the suit. It was filed last week in state Circuit Court in Tallahassee against the department and its leader, Corrections Secretary Edwin Buss. Read More. |
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