July 21, 2011
Private prison plan “unsafe”
The head of a prison officers union suing to stop the largest privatization in Florida history said Wednesday the plan will jeopardize public safety and not save taxpayers any money.
But Department of Corrections Secretary Ed Buss said he must press ahead with contracting, probably with a single operator, in order to get the 30 separate sites — including 12 major prisons — into private operation by the Jan. 1 deadline set by the Legislature.
The Florida Police Benevolent Association filed suit last week to stop the privatization. Among other things, the suit alleges that the Legislature illegally made substantive policy changes in the text of a state budget, which is prohibited by the Constitution...
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