Indiana to take up to 1,200 California prisoners

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Boy are these guys in for a culture shock.

Indiana to take up to 1,200 California prisoners
By MIKE SMITH, | Thursday, Oct 5 2006 5:15 PM
Last Updated: Thursday, Oct 5 2006 5:15 PM

The state plans to house up to 1,200 prisoners from California in unused portions of the New Castle Correctional Facility, a move that Gov. Mitch Daniels said Thursday would create up to 200 jobs.

The announcement came a day after California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency in that state's critically crowded prisons, a step that allows him to use his executive powers to ship inmates elsewhere.

Daniels said the arrangement will benefit both states. Under a contract between California and Florida-based GEO Group Inc., the company Indiana hired to operate the New Castle prison will be paid $63 per day to house each California inmate, but $15 of that will go to Indiana state government.

Daniels said that means the state would make about $6.2 million in each of the next two years. The medium-security prison in New Castle, 40 miles east of Indianapolis, has a capacity for 2,416. It now has 1,036 inmates.

Under terms of the contract, Indiana can reclaim space for Indiana inmates as needed. Daniels said he anticipated the need to start doing that in a year, and Department of Correction Commissioner David Donahue said he expects all 1,200 beds with California inmates will be needed for Indiana prisoners by the end of 2008.

http://www.bakersfield.com/119/story/77383.html

[jimshoes]

1. How long before they go to UAE or Suadi Arabia

to work off their debt. Bet it won't be long.