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| Are private prisons Michigan's cost savior? |
| By mlive.com - Pat Shellenbarger |
| Published: 03/01/2012 |
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Michigan has shrunk its prison population by more than 7,000 inmates since 2006. Nevertheless, the state's prison system continues to consume more than 20 percent of the state's general fund budget. Now, some legislators are considering whether shipping some of the state's 43,000 inmates to a private prison would, finally, make a dent in Michigan's $2 billion prison budget. Bills in the House (Bills 5174 and 5177) and Senate (Bills 877-878) would allow the Department of Corrections to send hundreds of adult inmates to a currently shuttered private prison in Baldwin. The Baldwin facility is owned by Florida-based GEO Group, formerly known as Wackenhut Corrections Corp. It has been shuttered for the past six years. The stated goal of the bills is to operate the private Baldwin prison for at least 10 percent less than it costs to others in the state prison system. Read More. |
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