BREAKING NEWS: Privatization plans scrapped / Suwannee Correctional Institution will remain a state-run facility

Source: By Jeff Waters, Democrat (FL), May 04, 2009 11:26

 

The move to privatize Suwannee Correctional Institution has been abandoned, according to SCI Warden Jim Witt.  The measure was written into the proposed state budget by the Florida Senate Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations Committee. Budget conference committee members gave up on the measure during negotiations Sunday night, according to legislative reports.

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