Sunday, January 09, 2011
Lawmaker Urging Attorney General To Investigate Aramark
KENTUCKY....
Representative Brent Yonts, D-Greenville wants Attorney General Jack Conway to investigate possible violations of Aramark Correctional Services' $12 million food service contract with the Kentucky Corrections Department. Yonts says Aramark broke the terms of the deal last year by refusing to provide cost-related records to state auditors who were conducting their own investigation of food served to inmates at Kentucky's 13 prisons. In a January 4th letter to Conway, Yonts also listed other "examples of contract breach" identified in state Auditor Crit Luallen's final report, including Aramark overbilling the state and serving old food to inmates that was not stored properly. Yonts says it is obvious that the contract has not been complied with and that Aramark is in substantial breach of it. Aramark spokeswoman Sarah Jarvis says the company has provided excellent service that has saved the commonwealth more than $30 million. The Corrections Department is in the process of renewing Aramark's contract for two more years.
Representative Brent Yonts, D-Greenville wants Attorney General Jack Conway to investigate possible violations of Aramark Correctional Services' $12 million food service contract with the Kentucky Corrections Department. Yonts says Aramark broke the terms of the deal last year by refusing to provide cost-related records to state auditors who were conducting their own investigation of food served to inmates at Kentucky's 13 prisons. In a January 4th letter to Conway, Yonts also listed other "examples of contract breach" identified in state Auditor Crit Luallen's final report, including Aramark overbilling the state and serving old food to inmates that was not stored properly. Yonts says it is obvious that the contract has not been complied with and that Aramark is in substantial breach of it. Aramark spokeswoman Sarah Jarvis says the company has provided excellent service that has saved the commonwealth more than $30 million. The Corrections Department is in the process of renewing Aramark's contract for two more years.
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