CCA loses contract to house 500 inmates in Arizona
Source: Nashville Business Journal - 5:08 PM CST Wednesday, January 11, 2006
The Federal Bureau of Prisons has notified Corrections Corp. of America that it won't be renewing the company's contract to house federal inmates at the Eloy Detention Center in Arizona. At the end of 2005, the 1,500-bed Eloy prison housed about 500 inmates from the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and 800 detainees for the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The 500 inmates will be transferred to other facilities in the federal system by Feb. 28. The BOP said the decision wasn't because of performance issues, but resulted from internal streamlining initiatives. ..... CCA operates 63 prisons, 38 of which are company owned, in 19 states and the District of Columbia.