September 20, 2011
Texas hopes to contract for California inmates?
The termination of a contract awarded by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice derailed plans to fill the beds of a detention facility that was completed in May 2010 for a price of $35 million.
On Friday Jones County Judge Dale Spurgin said the 1,112-bed prison remains vacant. "I think people are disappointed, but we're just going to continue to work on it," Spurgin said. "It's a brand new facility, someone is eventually going to use it."
The county did not input any money into the project, he said. Instead, revenue bonds were sold by the state to finance the project...
LINK - CorrectionsOne.com
