"The role of private facilities under a new state prison reform law was among the concerns that led to the quashing of parts of the law, documents released by Gov. Mary Fallin's office show.
Operators of private prisons in Oklahoma angled for a slice of the prison reform pie, campaigning to have their halfway houses serve as the "intermediate sanctions facilities" spelled out in the new law to handle low-level offenders who violated terms of their release.
Leaders from Avalon Correctional Services and GEO both sought meetings with the Governor's Office and DOC officials regarding the Justice Reinvestment Initiative reforms, records show."* The Young Turks hosts Ana Kasparian and John Iadarola breaks it down.
*Read more here from Curtis Killman and Cary Aspinwall / The Huffington Post:
Operators of private prisons in Oklahoma angled for a slice of the prison reform pie, campaigning to have their halfway houses serve as the "intermediate sanctions facilities" spelled out in the new law to handle low-level offenders who violated terms of their release.
Leaders from Avalon Correctional Services and GEO both sought meetings with the Governor's Office and DOC officials regarding the Justice Reinvestment Initiative reforms, records show."* The Young Turks hosts Ana Kasparian and John Iadarola breaks it down.
*Read more here from Curtis Killman and Cary Aspinwall / The Huffington Post:
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