Source: Tennessean, March 12, 2006
A group representing state employees vowed to try to kill proposed legislation to remove a layer of oversight for a private prison contractor in Tennessee. Zoyle Jones, president of the Tennessee State Employee Association, said yesterday that the bill is a step toward "widespread prison privatization" in the state. The bill advanced by a Senate committee Tuesday would eliminate a mid-contract comparison of a prison run by Corrections Corporation of America with two run by the state Department of Corrections.
