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OH: If passed legislation would allow for half of Ohio's 31 prisons to be privitized

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Privatization sought for Ohio prisons By Jon Craig June 21, 2010 Cincinnati Enquirer COLUMBUS - At least half of Ohio's 31 prisons could be privately operated, under legislation recently introduced by two state senators. Republican State Sens. Bill Seitz of Green Township and Timothy Grendell of Chesterland proposed legislation to create a new 15-member Prison Privatization Commission. If approved by the General Assembly, the commission must complete a study by the end of next year, of what Seitz calls "a successful 10-year experiment'' with private management of two state prisons. Under Senate Bill 269, a progress report to legislative leaders, the governor and state auditor is due by June 30, 2011, but there is no specific time frame suggested to transfer management of another 29 state prisons to private operators...continue to full post

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