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Auditor: TDCJ not maintaining documentation to justify renewing private prison contracts

According to a new state auditor's report (pdf), the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's "contracts with [private prison and treatment contractors] do not consistently include the contract requirements necessary to assess the quality of the services its providers deliver." Specifically, "The Department did not consistently include in its contracts performance standards to help ensure that the Department can hold its providers accountable for unacceptable performance or contract non-compliance."Importantly, in a year when most of Texas' private prison contracts are up for renewal and costs are likely to increase, "The Department did not maintain documentation to justify its decision to renew provider contracts." That seems like a pretty big deal, especially since TDCJ responded that it agreed with the critique...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 15, 2010 (boomark / email).