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| State budget writers approve prison takeover hires |
| By sfgate.com - Rebecca Boone |
| Published: 01/21/2014 |
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Legislative budget writers have approved $1.9 million in spending to hire 90 prison guards and workers for Idaho's takeover of the privately managed Idaho Correctional Center. The Nashville, Tenn.-based Corrections Corporation of America has operated Idaho's largest prison since it was built more than a decade ago. But earlier this year, Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter announced he wanted the state to take over the facility, which has been plagued with allegations of mismanagement, rampant violence and chronic understaffing. The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee approved money for the first step in the takeover — the hiring and training of new state workers — on Monday morning. The committee will be asked later in the Legislative session to approve the new operating budget for the prison, expected to be about $25 million. Idaho taxpayers currently pay CCA more than $29 million a year to operate the prison south of Boise, and though that contract officially ends on June 30, the transition to state control is already underway. The transition is expected to take months, however, as the Idaho Department of Correction hires and trains workers, replaces CCA-owned equipment and handles other logistics, like food and laundry service for inmates. Read More. |
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