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CCA says times are good for private prisons

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

""At current incarceration rates, jail and prison populations would grow by about 121,000 between 2010 and 2015, or more than 24,000 per year on average," Corrections Corp. said in a February presentation. Both "high recidivism" among felons and "inmate population growth following prior recessions" are highlighted as positives for the company in the 48-page report." Despite critics, prison operator CCA says times are good Private prisons gain acceptance By Daniel Taub ? BLOOMBERG NEWS ? May 14, 2010 Erik Townsend says he prefers the Arizona prison where he's serving 15 years for robbery to a California facility where he was until August. For one thing, he was getting just two hot meals a day at the other prison. "We get three hots here," said the 40-year-old Townsend, while taking a quick break from sweeping the yard at La Palma Correctional Center in Eloy, Ariz...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on May 14, 2010 (boomark / email).