tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post2584193127904947438..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Auditor: TDCJ not maintaining documentation to justify renewing private prison contractsGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-25257487738860104962010-03-18T10:11:52.382-05:002010-03-18T10:11:52.382-05:00Anonymous said...
Private prisons generate corpor...Anonymous said... <br />Private prisons generate corporate income tax and taxes on dividends. So the federal government benefits from them. Perhaps Obama should include money for private prisons in the next stim bill.<br /><br />3/15/2010 10:54:00 AM <br /><br />You mean in addition to the billions the feds already pay for private prisons? Something like 98% of all new prison construction at the federal level over the past decade has been private, and of that, most has gone to GEO and CCA (the two biggies). I track all sorts of articles detailing this shady business at: http://whyihatecca.blogspot.comMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07628772608301738785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-33826209298587174202010-03-15T19:36:36.376-05:002010-03-15T19:36:36.376-05:00I believe records retention in Huntsville for Audi...I believe records retention in Huntsville for Audit records is 7 years - so they CAN go back and obtain some type of report on each facility.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-21045732907782148432010-03-15T12:18:07.625-05:002010-03-15T12:18:07.625-05:00"So there is sort of a revolving door thing g..."So there is sort of a revolving door thing going on, and it's possible contracting decisions are made by administrators with an eye toward their own future employment." You're right on target with this comment. Look at the wardens at the privates -- all are drawing a pension from TDCJ! That's a common theme - get your 20 years in and go to work for the privates. When somebody says they're about to retire, the next question they're asked is "are you going to the privates?" with a little ribbing. He (or she) just smiles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-71711856443171728442010-03-15T11:30:43.439-05:002010-03-15T11:30:43.439-05:0010:54, I addressed that question a little bit duri...10:54, I <a href="http://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2009/01/obama-shouldnt-waste-stimulus-money-on.html" rel="nofollow">addressed that question</a> a little bit during the stimulus debates last year:<br /><br />"If the feds wants to invest in jobs programs, cops and prisons have a relatively small economic multiplier effect (see <a href="http://www.sentencingproject.org/Admin/Documents/publications/inc_bigprisons.pdf" rel="nofollow">this report</a> from the Sentencing Project) while other investments - in education, healthcare, and transportation infrastructure, for example - will give much more job-producing bang for the buck."<br /><br />9:58, I don't know about "kickbacks," but certainly quite a few TDCJers find themselves working for privates when they leave state employ. So there is sort of a revolving door thing going on, and it's possible contracting decisions are made by administrators with an eye toward their own future employment.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-30442184112703233312010-03-15T10:54:28.732-05:002010-03-15T10:54:28.732-05:00Private prisons generate corporate income tax and ...Private prisons generate corporate income tax and taxes on dividends. So the federal government benefits from them. Perhaps Obama should include money for private prisons in the next stim bill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-16219790680421954922010-03-15T09:58:11.528-05:002010-03-15T09:58:11.528-05:00Again, I betcha that somebody's getting a kick...Again, I betcha that somebody's getting a kickback!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-55220624068795159482010-03-15T09:00:56.100-05:002010-03-15T09:00:56.100-05:00Having completed Security Audits at
private and st...Having completed Security Audits at<br />private and state facilties I disagree with the first poster.Private facilties have variances and state facilties do not.<br /><br />a variance is official permission to bypass regulations. And for the "what it's worth" department: mention the variances in your audit report of a private faciltiy and you will never be assigned another one.<br /><br />Retired 2004Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-8214761337843301972010-03-15T08:43:26.710-05:002010-03-15T08:43:26.710-05:00Grits - can TDCJ provide documentation for the qua...Grits - can TDCJ provide documentation for the quality of services and performance standards for the prisons they they themselves operate? Not thta two wrongs make a right, but, it's an interesting question.<br /><br />Having been in this business over the years, both in the public and private sectors, I've observed that TDCJ and TYC both hold private providers to a much higher level of performance than they hold themselves in prisons they operate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com