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| Public deserves full airing of prisons-for-profit in NH |
| By nashuatelegraph.com - ARNIE ALPERT |
| Published: 06/25/2012 |
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While political attention is focused on the end of a contentious legislative session and the beginning of a busy election season, a momentous decision is being considered behind closed doors in the New Hampshire Department of Administrative Services. There, Administrative Services and Department of Corrections staff are reviewing piles of documents from four corporations interested in taking over the state’s prison system and running it for profit. If a contract with one of the private firms emerges in late summer or early fall, only then will policymakers and state residents get to know the details of a deal with profound implications for public safety, the state budget, job quality and the constitutional obligation to support the rehabilitation of offenders. The private prison experiment in other states has gone poorly. For example, a detailed report released by the American Friends Service Committee in February on Arizona’s experience revealed “widespread and persistent problems in private facilities around safety, lack of accountability, and cost.” Read More. |
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