Johnson County sheriff questions cost of private jails
Source: By FINN BULLERS, The Kansas City Star (MO), Mon, Oct. 08, 2007 10:15 PM
Forget housing inmates in private jails, Johnson County Sheriff Frank Denning says. He thinks he can house an inmate for $30 less a day.
In May, county commissioners met with a spokesman from one of the nation's largest private penal firms to consider the county's growing jail needs and how to avoid building more cells.
Denning has called private jails a "train wreck" that would compromise public safety and drive up costs.