Wednesday, June 27, 2012
This should scare the daylights out of every Virginian
Private industry, having failed to save money,provide any rehabilitation and keep inmates secured in every level from maximum security to halfway houses, now wants a shot at failing with sexually violent offenders.
The nation’s second-largest private prison company says it expects Virginia to make a decision by next month on its bid to expand and operate the state’s detention facility for sexually violent predators who have completed their prison terms.Virginia is asking for a painful and expensive failure, GEO Group will be looking at a profitable venture.
“In Virginia, we submitted an unsolicited proposal for the management of the state’s sexually violent predator treatment facility involving approximately 250 beds,” said GEO Group Senior Vice President Jorge Dominicis during a company earnings call last month. “The state has decided to move forward with this process and is expected to make a contract award by July 1st of this year.”
The detention and treatment of sex offenders represents a growing business opportunity for GEO and its competitors, who hope to score lucrative contracts from state officials looking to keep predators off the streets.
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