First privately owned state prison fails to meet legal standards for sanitation, hygiene or food

[Tx4obama]

Nation’s First Privately Owned State Prison Riddled With Violations Of State Law

An Ohio prison owned by Corrections Corporation of America, one of the largest private prison companies in the US, has failed to meet state standards in food quality, sanitation, hygiene, and many other areas, according to a recently concluded audit. In total, the CCA prison had 47 violations.

CityBeat details the abysmal conditions at the Ohio facility, the first privately owned state prison in the country:

The local fire plan had no specific steps to release inmates from locked areas in case of emergency, and local employees said “they had no idea what they should do” in case of a fire emergency.

The audit also found all housing units provided less than the required 25 square feet on unencumbered space per occupant. It found single watch cells held two prisoners with some sleeping on the floor, and some triple-bunked cells had a third inmate sleeping on a mattress on the floor.

Inmates claimed laundry and cell cleaning services were not provided and CCA could not prove otherwise, recreation time was not always allowed five times a week in segregation as required, food quality and sanitization was not up to standards, infirmary patients were “not seen timely,” patients’ doctor appointments were often delayed with follow-ups rarely occurring, the facility had no written confined space program, the health care administrator could not explain or show an overall plan and nursing competency evaluations were not completed before the audit was conducted. Many more issues were found as well.

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Full article here: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/10/09/971431/nations-first-privately-owned-state-prison-riddled-with-violations-of-state-law/

[geckosfeet]

1. For profit prisons. What could possibly go wrong?

[msongs]

2. shame on democrats for allowing for profit prisons in the USA. disgusting nt

[Uncle Joe]

5. Shame on any political party that allows for profit prisons in the USA.

That vile industry; has no upside, no redeeming quality, can only serve to weaken the nation and corrupt government at all levels while relentlessly criminalizing the American People.

[Blue_Tires]

10. pols on both sides are laughing all the way to the bank on this

and in a way we as voters are complicit, too...

Every election cycle that we fawn over the local "tough on crime" candidates, police powers (and budgets) increase, minimum sentences for minor crimes lengthen, and jails become facilities downgraded to the point where they wouldn't meet the safety codes of a dog pound...

[Angry Dragon]

3. Who could have ever seen these problems occurring in a private prison??

[fasttense]

4. When you turn over the care of a voiceless, vote-less, powerless population

to a corporation whose only concern is to make more profit, you end up with abuse. What else is to be expected?

[yurbud]

6. Privatization is corruption.

Whenever a politician talks about privatizing anything, everyone in the room should say this until he shuts up.

Of course the only one in the room is the guy corrupting him.

[jsr]

7. Always follow the money

[yurbud]

8. take the money out of politics and politicians would instantly have no opinions

[yurbud]

9. and most would quickly going to some other line of work