May 25, 2008
California’s outsourcing of prison space comes under question
An inmate's death in Mississippi has raised concerns for California's prison medical czar about an arrangement to send thousands of prisoners to do their time out of state.
In a letter to the Corrections Corporation of America, receiver J. Clark Kelso's top aide said his office wants to talk to the firm about the "long-term viability" of its $115 million contract with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
The company houses 3,904 California inmates on its out-of-state contract in six prisons located in Mississippi, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Arizona. California's deal with CCA calls for it to house nearly 8,000 prisoners over the next three years…
LINK - SacBee.com (The Sacramento Bee)
