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Posted on Fri Aug 31, 2007 at 12:01:11 AM EST
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Say hello to Texas Prison Bid'ness... a blog about the private prison industry in Texas.

Their post today:

Willacy County Commissioners approved an additional $50.1 million in revenue bonds to expand the notorious MTC Tent City detention center. According to the Valley Morning News, the detention center, a series of tent-like structures made of windowless Kevlar pods that already has capacity to hold 2,000 ICE detainees, will expand by 1,000 beds.

What's it mean? The county will troll for inmates.

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If a problem occurs at Tent City (say maggots in the food – can we mention that too much?) and ICE decides to pull some of its prisoners,that can cause big financial problems for the county. According to the article, the county must maintain a minimum 1,700 detainees consistently to pay back its 20-year bond, so a serious drop in prisoner numbers could affect bond payments and lead to a decline in the county’s bond rating, a scenario that could hinder the county’s ability to issue future bonds for things like schools or parks.

According to Willacy County Commissioner Eddie Chapa, “We would love to have 2,500 (illegal immigrants) but we know that’s not going to be — we have to have the room available in case there’s an influx. If we get 2,200 to 2,300, we’d be very happy.”

How twisted is that?

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    walter reed army hostpital (5.00 / 1) (#2)
    by Jen M on Fri Aug 31, 2007 at 08:15:03 AM EST
    outsourced maintenance. look how well THAT worked out

    There are some things you do not outsource (none / 0) (#1)
    by Molly Bloom on Fri Aug 31, 2007 at 07:30:59 AM EST
    There are somethings you do not outsource- justice is one of them. The profit motive will encourage corner cutting at the cost of prisoner health, at the cost of cruel and unusal punishment.

    In any event it is a lie that the private sector is always more efficient than than the public sector. Ain't neccesairly so.

    You also don't outsource the military- but that is another rant.

    Site Violator (none / 0) (#4)
    by jmacWA on Mon Dec 23, 2019 at 05:07:24 AM EST
    On a really old post

    thank you, I will zap it (none / 0) (#5)
    by Jeralyn on Tue Dec 31, 2019 at 08:04:05 PM EST


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