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NH: Privatizing among prison ideas. Corrections asks for outside input

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Privatizing among prison ideas Corrections asks for outside input By Shira Schoenberg / Monitor staff January 19, 2011 The state Department of Corrections needs to save money, and all ideas are on the table. The department has asked public agencies and private companies to comment on ideas ranging from public-private partnerships in the prisons to building a new multi-state correctional facility. The request for information is open to any organization, including companies interested in getting state contracts to provide the services. "We're coming into a tough economic time period now, and there's going to be a lot of demands to bring in a more efficient budget and keep spending under control the next few years," said Corrections Department spokesman Jeff Lyons...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on January 19, 2011 (boomark / email).