Prison Contract Changes hands
Alaskan Dispatch
After 15 years of managing Alaska prisoners housed out-of-state, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) has lost its contract to Cornell Corrections.
Cornell's will charge the state about $19,446,000 a year to house 900 prisoners, while CCA's plan would have cost $18,724,000 -- $722,000 less a year.
Either way the state will realize savings over the $20,669,000 it now pays through a contract with CCA.
The 770 inmates serving time at CCA's Red Rock Correctional Center in Arizona will be moved late this year to Cornell's Hudson Correctional Facility in Colorado, a 1,250-bed center now under construction. The move -- via special U.S. Marshals Service planes -- is expected to cost Alaska more than $200,000, Alaska Department of Corrections spokesman Richard Schmitz said.
The Department of Corrections denied a protest of the award filed by CCA attorneys, who said they won't launch further appeal.
In the protest, CCA attorneys Charles Cole -- a former Alaska Attorney General -- and Stephen Williams argued that Cornell Corrections of Alaska lacks the basic experience the state requires, and that a preference system for Alaska-based bidders was misused.
Cornell's bid was more costly than CCA's for the three-year term, but a proposal evaluation panel awarded Cornell's plan more points because of the company's status as an Alaska entity.
Points matter as a committee rates the proposals in several categories. According to CCA's protest, the company gained more points than Cornell in five other evaluation categories.
4 comments:
The whole crux of the article spells, slavery. I think that anyone who makes a nickel profit from an inmate is guilty and should be prosecuted for slavery. That could include quite a few Colorado officials. djw
Why don't they house their inmates in facilities in Alaska? Certainly there is no lack of space in Alaska for building a prison. Also, families would be more able to visit inmates. What is the reason for deliberately housing their inmates thousands of miles away from home?
Barney, I wish I could answer your questions with knowledge. I have to go on a guess. It's simple. Importing & exporting. These prisoners are treated like commodities, not human beings.
I am going to research the Constitution thoroughly regarding the slavery issue that is being ignored. When George W. Bush said "the Constitution is just a go*dam* piece of paper," many dictating characters jumped on it along with him.
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djw. Aside from the 8th amendment to the Constitution, do you have the law that directly targets for-profit prisons working against the law of the land? Thanks.
I will continue to research.
Anonomous, look at the Colorado State constitution. I believe it tells you, government cant use people for profit! djw
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