State rejects bid for Palm Beach Regional Juvenile Detention Center
Source: By KATHLEEN CHAPMAN, Palm Beach Post (FL), Friday, October 27, 2006
The state has rejected the only private company that bid on the Palm Beach Regional Juvenile Detention Center. Blackhawk Inc., a security company based in Maryland, will not get the deal and the Department of Juvenile Justice plans to offer the contract again in an attempt to attract more offers.
Related editorial from the Palm Beach Post: End more than contract
....... Having learned that private companies want the job only if they can make more money under lowered standards, the department should can its privatization effort.