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'A couple Jills with their eyes on a couple bills': McLennan County seeks profit over public safety with privatization schemes

Because there ain't no manWho got the money in his handWho got any of that breadBein' slow in the headThe easier it looksThe hotter it hooksThere ain't no such thing as easy money- Rickie Lee Jones, Easy MoneyNearly every jail in the state of any size is overcrowded and struggling to find enough guards, but there are still some local officials that think they can solve the problem for free or cheap.In McLennan County (Waco is the county seat), a story in today's Waco Tribune Herald ("Solutions aplenty sought for jail overcrowding dilemma," May 28) informs us that the county commissioners court is "seeking proposals from private vendors to alleviate overcrowding at the county jail, a situation that earlier this month prompted them to authorize the hiring of 12 new jailers...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on May 28, 2008 (boomark / email).