September 03, 2011 01:30 PM
Sheriff Saves $1 Million By De-Privatizing County Jail
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By Susie Madrak

Privatization has nothing to do with saving money and everything to do with giving kickbacks to politically connected contractors like Corrections Corporation of America:

Sheriff Michael Page of Hernando County, Florida, is the latest in a line of Sheriffs to inherit the headache that is the county jail. After being operated by CCA for 22 years, the facility had fallen into exceptional disrepair, after CCA had neglected to perform millions of dollars worth of required maintenance. The county took over the facility a little more than a year ago and started the long process of upgrading the security, staff, and conditions of the jail.

Initial projections by then-Sheriff Richard Nugent hypothesized that the county could save up to $200,000 compared to what CCA would have charged. It turns out that de-privatizing the jail has actually saved Hernando County taxpayers more than $1,000,000 this year. Maybe Ric Scott and JD Alexander ought to reconsider their bullheaded push to privatize half the state’s prison system.

http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/sheriff-saves-1-million-de-privatizin

that's a really great item. Your first sentence is right on. We should have learned that from Blackwater in Iraq

great aritcle.

Can't argue with that! Trimming the fat is good!

The author is either incredibly stupid or purposely misleading naive readers. It says explicitly that the company was politically well-connected. This is not capitalistic. It's fascistic. (but, the anti-capitalists aren't known for their honesty or intellectual vigor )

Right. This is an exact description of Capitalist Corporatism.

You oughta hear what the left-wing is saying about the corporatist-Capitalist side.