Design – Construction – Operations
GOLDEN VALLEY, Ariz. — Arizona Department of Corrections (DOC) officials received approval from a legislative committee in June to purchase the Arizona State Prison-Kingman, located in Golden Valley, from GEO Group of Boca Raton, Fla., for upwards of $137 million. GEO Group has a contract to operate the facility through 2023.
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MERIDAN, Miss. — Mississippi is currently under scrutiny for the “less than ideal” conditions at East Mississippi Correctional Facility in Lauderdale County, Miss., near Meridian, Miss.
WASHINGTON — The Institute for Defense & Government Advancement (IDGA) Prisons & Correctional Facilities Summit on Dec. 3-5, 2012, in Alexandria, Va., will showcase high-level government and private correctional executives, capability requirements and acquisition priorities for 2013 and beyond.
Read moreNew York — While public employees in the prison sector are sweating it out, hoping they don’t lose the perpetual game of budget bingo being played out across the country, the private prison industry that houses illegal immigrants has been flourishing.
Read moreCONNEAUT, Ohio — The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC) made changes in the ownership and operation of five prisons, saving the state an estimated $13 million annually and adding an additional 702 beds throughout Ohio’s prison system.
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