In a related development, Canada's only private prison is reverting back to public control. Interestingly, the issue wasn't money -- the private Utah-based company running the prison did save the province money -- but rather "security, prisoner health care and other concerns were below the quality of services seen at a nearly identical publicly operated facility." Read on: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/v4/sub/MarketingPage?user_URL=http://www.theglobeandmail.com%2Fservlet%2Fstory%2FRTGAM.20060427.wjail0427%2FBNStory%2FNational%2F?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20060427.wjail0427&ord=1147294183402&brand=theglobeandmail&force_login=true
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Sorry about that -- G&M appears to have moved the article to their "premium" pages. Here's another link to the same text: http://www.prisonjustice.ca/starkravenarticles/cncc_unprivatized_0406.html
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