Thursday, May 19, 2011

Group aims to halt prison privatization in Ohio | The Chillicothe Gazette | chillicothegazette.com

Group aims to halt prison privatization in Ohio | The Chillicothe Gazette | chillicothegazette.com

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Research director Zach Schiller and others visited Chillicothe and other Ohio cities to speak out against prison privatization. Our recent report, Cells for Sale, showed that the state has not demonstrated the savings required by law for previously privatized prisons.
Group aims to halt prison privatization in Ohio | The Chillicothe Gazette
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CHILLICOTHE -- Just days before the Senate finance committee begins hearings on privatizing up to six Ohio prisons, some of the opposition to the plan stopped in Chillicothe as part of a six-city tour.