Sex predator facility failing to treat inmates
Source: BY JASON GROTTO, Miami Herald (FL), Mon, Jun. 19, 2006
ARCADIA - Holding the razor in his mouth, Ernest Contrillo ran the blade over his right wrist seven times as blood flowed from the crooked wounds. It wasn't the first time he mutilated himself inside the Florida Civil Commitment Center. ....
...... With Liberty's contract set to expire June 30, the Florida Department of Children & Families -- the agency that runs the program -- has the difficult job of cleaning up a treatment center it allowed to deteriorate during the past seven years. DCF lays most of the blame for the center's woes on its Pennsylvania-based contractor and has decided to manage the center until January 2007, when the international corrections company GEO Group is slated to take over the contract. But Liberty, which holds similar contracts in four other states, says the agency's decisions and the state's refusal to adequately fund the program caused it to falter.