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| N.C. Senate Approves Police Powers for Private Prison Officers |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 07/15/2003 |
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Officers at a privately run federal prison in Hertford County would have police powers under a bill approved unanimously by the state Senate on Monday night. Already approved by the House, the bill now goes to Gov. Mike Easley to be signed into law. The General Assembly first gave special police powers to security officers at the Wackenhut Corrections Corp. prison near Vinton two years ago, but on a temporary two-year basis. The authority is set to expire in August. The company said it needed to give its officers police powers beyond the prison gates in order to catch or shoot escaping prisoners. The $63 million prison opened in March 2001, housing more than 700 low-risk federal prisoners, most of them from Washington, D.C. The law passed in 2001 giving the officers police powers requires that they notify state officials and the Hertford County sheriff in the event of an escape. |
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