Monday, February 15, 2010
Chamber Advocates Privatizing Local Jails
KENTUCKY....
According to the Kentucky Department of Corrections, it costs an average of $50.55 per day to house an inmate at one of the state's three private prisons and an average of $54.74 daily at the state-run prisons. The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce is advocating privatizing local jails...a prospect drawing opposition around the state. The chamber says, with Kentucky having the fastest growing prison population in the country, there is substantial money at stake. Some jailers say privatizing jails would be bad for counties, because the state would house fewer prisoners in the publicly run facilities and cost the counties money.
According to the Kentucky Department of Corrections, it costs an average of $50.55 per day to house an inmate at one of the state's three private prisons and an average of $54.74 daily at the state-run prisons. The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce is advocating privatizing local jails...a prospect drawing opposition around the state. The chamber says, with Kentucky having the fastest growing prison population in the country, there is substantial money at stake. Some jailers say privatizing jails would be bad for counties, because the state would house fewer prisoners in the publicly run facilities and cost the counties money.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 10:55 AM 
