Ohio awards $200 million contracts in prison privatization bids
Columbus, OH, United States (AHN) – The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections announced Thursday the winning bidders in the $200 million privatization of prisons in Ashtabula and Marion counties.
Two out of three bidders won the contracts: Corrections Corp. of America (CCA) of Nashville, TN, and Management and Training Corp. (MTC) of Centerville, UT.
The Geo Group Inc. of Boca Raton, FL, was the losing bidder.
The state of Ohio pushed through with the announcement after a Columbus judge denied a restraining order by opposition groups to halt the process. Five adult prisons out of the state’s 32 corrections facilities were up for grabs.
CCA will take over the operations of Lake Erie Correctional Institution in Ashtabula County, while MTC will manage Marion County’s North Central Correctional Institution and the vacant Marion Juvenile Correctional Facility.
The MTC-operated North Coast Correctional Treatment Facility in Lorain County will be turned over to Ohio and merged with the state-operated Grafton Correctional Institution.
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