Private prison company offers to run W.Va. mental hospitals
Source: The Associated Press (WV), Tuesday July 11, 2006
As a way to save money, the state of West Virginia is looking at whether to hire the world's largest private prison company to run its two mental hospitals. The proposal by Florida-based GEO Group, formerly known as The Wackenhut Corp., is not being well received by a union official and at least one legislator, who fear the quality of care might suffer and jobs could be lost.