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Sheriff accused of wrongdoing wants to buy La. prison

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Sheriff accused of wrongdoing wants to buy La. prison * By MICHELLE MILLHOLLON * Advocate Capitol News Bureau * Published: Feb 19, 2011 - Page: 6A A north Louisiana sheriff under investigation for alleged wrongdoing and seven companies are interested in managing two state prisons that could be put up for sale. The state Department of Public Safety and Corrections announced Thursday the responses to a Request for Information. Gov. Bobby Jindal is considering selling prisons in Allen and Winn parishes to generate $66 million that could go toward reducing a $1.6 billion operating budget shortfall in the fiscal year that starts July 1. Even with a prison sale, the state would be responsible for the cost of caring for the inmates at Winn Correctional Center in Atlanta, La...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on February 20, 2011 (boomark / email).