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| Bids sought for prison services |
| By southbendtribune.com - AP |
| Published: 07/22/2012 |
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LANSING (AP) -- The state of Michigan is seeking bids for a three-year deal to provide medical services to all its 43,000 inmates as part of a possible privatization effort that could replace the work of 1,300 state employees, officials said. Proposals are due Aug. 29 to provide physical and mental services, including wound care, treatment of heart disease and diabetes, dental care, optometry and sex offender treatment, the Detroit Free Press reported. Prison medical and mental health services cost the state $306 million in 2011. Department of Corrections spokesman Russ Marlan said the state wants to use competitive bidding to determine how much or whether it can reduce its costs. Department medical care is already partly privatized, he said, with about 135 doctors and psychiatrists employed through contractors. Read More. |
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