Friday, September 2, 2011

Sheriff Saves $1 Million Over CCA

Sheriff Michael Page of Hernando County, Florida, is the latest in a line of Sheriffs to inherit the headache that is the county jail.  After being operated by CCA for 22 years, the facility had fallen into exceptional disrepair, after CCA had neglected to perform millions of dollars worth of required maintenance.  The county took over the facility a little more than a year ago and started the long process of upgrading the security, staff, and conditions of the jail.

Initial projections by then-Sheriff Richard Nugent hypothesized that the county could save up to $200,000 compared to what CCA would have charged.  It turns out that de-privatizing the jail has actually saved Hernando County taxpayers more than $1,000,000 this year.  Maybe Ric Scott and JD Alexander ought to reconsider their bullheaded push to privatize half the state's prison system.

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