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| To cut prison costs, reform sentencing and parole |
| By freep.com |
| Published: 07/14/2015 |
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If we were calling the shots, the State of Michigan would have canceled its contract with prison food vendor Aramark Correctional Services last year, when a Detroit Free Press investigation first revealed tremendous problems. Think maggots near the food, claims that contractorshad had sexual relationships with inmates and were bringing drugs into state prisons. There were meal shortages, and one Aramark employee stands accused of hiring one inmate to assault another. So it’s welcome news that the state is ending the three-year, $145-million contract early. But here’s the kicker. The state’s not canning Aramark because of the copious, well-documented problems with its performance, but because the company wanted more money. And here’s the moral we hope Gov. Rick Snyder and the Michigan Legislature take from this debacle: Be very, very wary of privatization aimed at cutting costs. Read More. |
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