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Prison Privatization No Silver Bullet for Michigan
by Alyson R. Quinn|February 9, 2012
Rick Snyder, Governor of Michigan, has prioritized the privatization of prisons in his state. But existing law would require private contractors to pay prison workers minimum wage - 10 times what the state pays them - for their labors as kitchen staff or janitors.

The statute has held up privatization attempts, and it shows that prison privatization is not the budgetary silver bullet many states have hoped it would be.

You can reach the full article in The Detroit News.
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