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| Study: Easy-to-manage Inmates Targeted to Private Prisons |
| By PRNewswire |
| Published: 05/18/2001 |
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A new study by Policy Matters Ohio, a non-profit research organization, presents new data demonstrating that private prisons in Ohio have been sent inmates with substantially fewer medical and behavioral problems than comparable public prisons. Such practices indicate that stated cost savings may be manufactured. The report, includes internal memoranda from Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) staff that point to an explicit policy of restricting the type of inmates that can be sent to the privately-managed Lake Erie Correctional Institution (LaECI) to those likely to cost less to supervise. The study also includes quantitative analysis of medical logs and internal disciplinary infractions by inmates at LaECI and comparable public facilities. These analyses confirm that the private facility was assigned inmates who are far less medically and behaviorally needy than inmates at comparable public prisons. The other two privately-run facilities in the state are widely acknowledged to be in disarray, with one in danger of closing and the other being contracted to a new vendor. Report co-author Amy Hanauer, Executive Director of Policy Matters Ohio. said, because they've been sent inmates with substantially fewer medical needs who are also less likely to violate internal rules, LaECI is able to reduce its costs tremendously. The report shows that LaECI's inmates required only .15 medical visits for every 100 inmates over an eight-month period in the year 2000, while inmates at comparable public facilities required between 4.56 and 12.93 visits per 100 inmates over the eight-month period. The Policy Matters Ohio report, 'Selective Celling: Inmate Population in Ohio's Private Prisons,' may be viewed in its entirety at www.policymattersohio.org . |
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