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CA: Private prisons? A sweet deal for some

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Private prisons? A sweet deal for some By Dan Morain Published: Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010 - 12:00 am | Page 13A Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is bullish on private prisons. And no one could be happier than the executives at Corrections Corp. Of America. It has been a mutually beneficial relationship for the governor and this private prison corporation, and it also offers the side benefit of distracting one of the governor's main foils - California's prison guard union. In his final State of the State on Wednesday, the governor grabbed attention by announcing plans for a constitutional amendment that would require California to spend more on universities than on prisons. One way to slash billions from prison spending would be to privatize prisons, the governor said, rather optimistically...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on January 07, 2010 (boomark / email).