September 14, 2011
Lawmakers looking into private prison abuses
Allegations of poor treatment of prisoners in the private prison in Shelby Montana are to be investigated by Montana lawmakers. It has been alleged that prisoners were being held after being eligible for parole and that each prisoner is issued with two rolls of toilet paper per week, no more. Rudy Stock, a businessman from Helena added to the list of shortcomings. He has been visiting his son in the Crossroads Correctional Center run by Corrections Corporation of America(CCA) since February. If an audit of the facilities supports the allegations, the prison would not meet American Correctional Association standards.
Spokesperson for the Department of Corrections, Bob Anez, has said he is working on responses for the December meeting. The state pays CCa a per diem fee of $53.84 per person incarcerated.Ref. Montana Watchdog...
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