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Hawaii: Mainland Private Prisons Should Be Audited: Open Letter to Hawaii Lawmakers ? Override Governor?s Veto of HB 415

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Mainland Private Prisons Should Be Audited: Open Letter to Hawaii Lawmakers ? Override Governor?s Veto of HB 415 Hawaii Reporter-June 28, 2010 BY ALEX FRIEDMANN ? I am the associate editor of Prison Legal News, a non-profit publication that reports on criminal justice issues, and I am contacting Hawaii lawmakers in reference to HB 415, which was recently vetoed by Governor Lingle. HB 415 would, among other provisions, require that the State Auditor conduct an audit of Hawaii?s contract to house over 2,000 prisoners in mainland facilities operated by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA). I ask that you vote to override the governor?s veto, to ensure that an audit is conducted into the state?s $60 million annual contract with CCA to house Hawaii inmates on the mainland...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on June 29, 2010 (boomark / email).