Maligned private jail hires auditor / Ex-undersheriff to find problems, offer solutions
Source: JON GAMBRELL, THE BELLINGHAM HERALD (WA), September 7, 2006
A Bellingham company under fire for misconduct by guards at its private minimum-security jail has hired a former Whatcom County undersheriff and county deputy administrator to audit its operation. Dave Wareing will review records and interview employees at Security Specialists Plus' Baker Creek Place facility. The company, also known as SSP, houses about 50 county offenders in work-release programs or on county inmate work crews at a time. The county pays about $500,000 annually for the service.