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| Privatizing prisons could be Scott’s end game |
| By tbo.com- Paula Dockery |
| Published: 02/26/2015 |
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Generally, when a crisis occurs in a large organization the CEO is expected to acknowledge and address the problem, keep stakeholders up to date on progress and be held accountable for the problems that occurred. Why is it then that Gov. Rick Scott has been AWOL on the crisis within our prison system? Here are some of the problems: a record number of inmate deaths; suspicious deaths not reported as such; claims of widespread prisoner abuse, drugs and contraband; investigator reports ignored; investigators intimidated and silenced; potential inspector general retaliation and cover-ups; four Department of Corrections secretaries in as many years; crumbling buildings; leaky roofs; dilapidated vehicles; dangerously low staffing levels; excessive overtime costs; and questionable contracts for privatized services such as medical care. And yet when disturbing reports started surfacing — about a mentally ill prisoner who was scalded to death at Dade Correctional or a nonviolent offender seeking medical treatment who was punished and gassed to death instead — there was a shocking lack of concern from the governor. The silent indifference was so unsettling that former DOC Chief Jim McDonough exclaimed, “Where is the outrage?” Read More. |
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