It was a bad idea when it was tried and failed in Arkansas before and it’s a bad idea now, but a Republican state senator appears intent on outsourcing Arkansas correctional work to an outside corporation. 

This meeting doesn’t currently appear on the Arkansas General Assembly website’s calendar.

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But be advised of this note sent in behalf of Republican Sen. Eddie Joe Williams: to members of the Legislative Council:

Senator Williams would like to invite the committee members to attend a tour of the Wrightsville Unit on Friday, October 31, 2014, at 9:00 a.m. The purpose of  this trip is for LaSalle Corrections to provide the committee with a cost analysis on how much they would charge to run the unit. This is not a committee meeting.

Here’s some insight into how LaSalle profits in Louisiana.  They run prisons cheap. Rehabilitation and human rights aren’t high on the agenda.

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