September 27, 2009
State prison contract changes hands
After 15 years of managing Alaska prisoners housed out-of-state, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) has lost its contract to Cornell Corrections.
Cornell's will charge the state about $19,446,000 a year to house 900 prisoners, while CCA's plan would have cost $18,724,000 — $722,000 less a year.
Either way the state will realize savings over the $20,669,000 it now pays through a contract with CCA…
LINK - AlaskaDispatch.com
