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Idaho Fines CCA Over Prison Called One Of Most Violent In U.S.

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Idaho Fines CCA Over Prison Called One Of Most Violent In U.S. Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010 Three years ago, the new administration of Idaho Gov. C.L. ?Butch? Otter and many legislators were talking up the idea of Idaho?s next major prison being a private-sector operation. Imagine the potential savings, proponents said then. Maybe eventually Idaho could get out of the bricks-and-mortar corrections business altogether, says the Twin Falls (Id.) Times-News in an editorial. That was before Idaho got to know the Corrections Corporation of America better. For nearly a decade, CCA has operated the 2,000-inmate Idaho Correctional Center ? easily the most trouble-prone prison in the state?s history. Yesterday, the Associated Press reported that the state is fining CCA more than $40,000 and ordering it to fix problems with drug and alcohol treatment and medical care at ICC...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on June 03, 2010 (boomark / email).