Comments on: Florida Prison Privatization Bill Slows

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:35:36 +0000

REGARDING:
“What people don’t realize is private prisons pick and choose the inmates they house. It is a business. If they don’t make money, they go out of business. When the private prisons get an inmate that start causing problems, or when they get an inmate that has, or develops a costly medical condition, they get transferred out back to a state institution in short order.”

So what you’re saying is that it might just shift costs around, looking like they were reduced at one place while raising them elsewhere? I can see it and your point is well made.

Other institutions run into it too. It’s a shell game.

Sometimes a school gets a bad grade because some of its students did poorly. As a result of the poor grade, parents transfer students elsewhere. Sometimes the students who are moved were the good students doing well. The remaining students tend to include those who did poorly. The percent of students doing poorly goes up because the better students have been eliminated. In time, the school is closed and the process starts over elsewhere.

David for seeing the whole picture

By: sktmax

sktmax — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:55:02 +0000

What people don’t realize is private prisons pick and choose the inmates they house. It is a business. If they dont make money, they go out of business. When the private prisons get an inmate that start causing problems, or when they get an inmate that has, or develops a costly medical condition, they get transferred out back to a state institution in short order. That’s how they make money and profit…by managing low risk, healthy inmates. Thats what is misleading about this issue. Yes, private prisons are saving money (actually making money), but the taxpayers are not saving anything. Do you think the inmate with costly medical problems just disapperaed? No, he is at a state facility getting treatment on the state’s dime.
If the state had a comlpetely seperate entity in which they could send all of their costly inmates to, the state could save bundles of money on housing inmates as well. But the state doesnt have that option. But its a common practice among private prisons.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:36:16 +0000

REGARDING:
“ Estimates on the cost savings have been broad, and have moved.”

There were estimates that traffic on the Garcon Point bridge would pay back the cost of building it.

The estimates were wrong.

All estimates should clearly cite their assumptions and any support for them.

David for good estimates

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:32:55 +0000

Maybe Hairdroplopis, or however you spell his name, is so testy because he may loose the campaign contributions that the private prison venders have been giving him. This dude is as crooked as a snake on a hot county road. He gets a salary from the University of Florida( for doing nothing) as well as his state salary from the state senate. Maybe he should give up one of HIS highly overpaid state jobs if he wants to save us tax payers some money. This fact ( that he currently has two state jobs) can be googled for accuracy.

By: chris1

chris1 — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:44:02 +0000

“The potential for at least $16.5 million in savings claimed by supporters of the bill ”
And if it is not realized ,what happens?
60 minutes did a great piece on prison privatization and what a scam it is.
Pols they will be out of office and or blame it on the priv. company when the savings are not there.
Its a bad idea.

By: Alice Harris

Alice Harris — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:10:36 +0000

The court overturned the law because it was unconstitutional. Would the gentlemam prefer that judges not overturn laws thar violate the Florida Constitution? Seems to me that enforcing the provisions of our constitution is exactly what the judiciary should do.