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| Ohio Prison Agrees To State Contract Cut |
| By The Chronicle-Telegram/Associated Press |
| Published: 07/29/2002 |
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The company that operates the North Coast Correctional Treatment Facility and the state's only other privately run prison has agreed to take a $400,000 cut in its contracts with the state. The move comes as the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation realigns its facilities to accommodate $50 million in cuts mandated in the state budget approved last month by lawmakers. The prison department also announced it would close parts of four state prisons to meet the mandated cuts. The future of a privately operated prison here appears more secure after the state renegotiated its contract to lower costs by $400,000. Management and Training Corp. of Utah, the company that runs North Coast Correctional Treatment Facility in Grafton and another prison in Conneaut, agreed to the cut in its contracts, said Andrea Dean, a spokeswoman for the state prison department. The state had a $13.3 million contract with MTC to run the 550-bed North Coast and a $21 million contract to run the 1,300-bed Lake Erie Correctional Institution. Inmate capacities at both prisons will stay the same, said Al Murphy, vice president for corrections at MTC. MTC has been working with the state since budget problems first loomed more than six months ago, Murphy said. The renegotiation of the contracts does not mean North Coast is on the chopping block, said state Rep. Jeff Manning, R.-North Ridgeville. The prison's efficiency and the state of the local economy are two good reasons state officials are keeping North Coast open, he said. |
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