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Private prison bubble bursting? Empty, speculative jails in Texas

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Yesterday I'd written about the ugly finances underlying the all-but-empty Jack Harwell Detention Center in McLennan County, and it made me realize that right now there are quite a few jail and prison facilities out there - many owned by counties - that overbuilt banking on ever-growing inmate populations that haven't materialized and now appear unlikely.Here's the list of private or public-private jails or prisons I could come up with off the top of my head in Texas that are currently sitting empty or partially empty for lack of customers, in most cases with taxpayer backed bonds which must be paid whether or not the beds are leased:Jack Harwell Detention Center, McLennan County JailLubbock County Jail Billy Clayton Detention Center in Littlefield Dickens County Correctional CenterJohnson County Law Enforcement CenterJones County ISFLimestone County Detention Center Bell County JailFormer TYC facility in Eagle LakeFormer TYC facility in Coke CountyNorth Texas Intermediate Sanctions Facility (recently closed)Garza County Jail*Jefferson County Jail*Hood County (juvenile facility)**See update below...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 10, 2011 (boomark / email).