Opinion
Corrections Policies Say A Lot
A news outlet’s willingness to own up to its mistakes says a lot about its credibility.
Opinion
Corrections Policies Say A Lot
A news outlet’s willingness to own up to its mistakes says a lot about its credibility.
News
State Sours on Private Prisons
RALEIGH — The biennial state budget signed June 30 by Gov. Mike Easley provided for the construction of three prisons in North Carolina. In addition, the General Assembly authorized the state to purchase what once was its only two significant private prisons from Correctional Properties Trust, the company that owns them. The budget provisions signaled that the state plans to get out of privatization and that it will operate prisons itself for the foreseeable future. Privatization has worked for hundreds of other governments at the local, state, and federal level, but North Carolina’s first experience soured state officials on the idea.
