Jefferson County's successful effort to save a prison that is the small, rural county's largest employer has touched off similar efforts by other counties with prisons and work camps scheduled to close by June 30, Department of Corrections Secretary Ken Tucker said Monday. Tucker met with Gov. Rick Scott for a half-hour to discuss department activities, including a $79-million budget gap. He said they did not discuss privatization of prisons in 18 South Florida counties, which Scott could still order DOC to do despite the vote against it by the Senate last week. … Privatizing 29 institutions in an 18-county area of South Florida was supposed to happen by New Year's Day, but was blocked by Circuit Judge Jackie Fulford, who ruled that the Legislature improperly sought to order the privatization through budget-proviso language.
More counties are taking up efforts to save their prisons Tallahassee Democrat tallahassee.com
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
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