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Fewer than half of authorized new treatment beds online

While Texas has earned praise for its diversion programs, of the 8,500 new treatment beds for which the Texas Legislature appropriated money in 2007, only 4,102 have been contracted so far, Nicole Porter at the blog Texas Prison Bidness reports, providing a detailed table of which companies have received contracts for how many beds (as of Oct. 3). The vendors are a mix of public, private, and not-for-profit entities.I continue to maintain that "just because the market won't provide a service doesn't mean the government shouldn't fulfill those functions. Government policy shouldn't be limited by what vendors are willing to offer." This news only reinforces that conviction - I hadn't realized fewer than half the funded treatment beds were online...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on October 20, 2008 (boomark / email).