STUDY EXAMINES 550-BED PRISON POSSIBLE NEW FACILITY WOULD ADJOIN CALIFORNIA CITY SITE.Byline: JIM Jim Miss Watson’s runaway slave; Huck’s traveling companion. [Am. Lit.: Huckleberry Finn] See : Escape SKEEN Staff Writer CALIFORNIA CITY -- A Tennessee-based company that operates a prison in California City is starting environmental studies for an adjoining 550-bed prison in anticipation of vying for a contract to house state inmates. Corrections Corporation of America Corrections Corporation of America (NYSE: CXW) (CCA) is a company that manages public prisons and other facilities[1], and has concessions for many others. The company had annual revenues in 2004 of $1.15 billion USD. is starting environmental studies examining the impacts of a 200,000-square-foot prison. Citing sensitivity for a potential customer and the competitive process, a CCA (1) (Common Cryptographic Architecture) Cryptography software from IBM for MVS and DOS applications. (2) (Compatible Communications A spokesman said it was too early to talk about costs of such a facility or staffing. ``The state issued a request for proposals to build and operate a community correctional facility,'' said CCA spokesman Steve Owen For other persons named Steve Owen, see Steve Owen (disambiguation). Steven Richard "Steve" Owen was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. He was played by Martin Kemp. . ``As part of our preliminary work, we are preparing the environmental studies. It is still very preliminary to say what the state will ultimately pursue.'' The new facilities are part of a Schwarzenegger administration plan to address overcrowding overcrowding overcrowding of animal accommodation. Many countries now publish codes of practice which define what the appropriate volumetric allowances should be for each species of animal when they are housed indoors. Breaches of these codes is overcrowding. in California's prison system. State officials say the prison population is at an all-time high of more than 171,000 inmates. Because of a lack of space in cells, more than 16,000 inmates are housed in gyms, day rooms and other spaces, officials say. eight contracts for what they call Modified Community Correctional Facilities. Combined, the facilities would add 4,000 male minimum and medium security level inmates. Saying that time is of the essence A phrase in a contract that means that performance by one party at or within the period specified in the contract is necessary to enable that party to require performance by the other party. Failure to act within the time required constitutes a breach of the contract. , the department is looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. facilities that can be constructed within a year. Plans call for opening the facilities in late 2007. The existing California City prison employs about 500 people. Under the state plan, the new facilities could be built and operated by private companies but would remain under the state correction department's administrative oversight and control. CCA's environmental studies will also look at the possibility of expanding the operations supporting the federal contracts should the company fail to land a state contract. The study would look at the idea of expanding by 2,000 beds. Having environmental clearances in hand would be one fewer hurdle for the company should that option ever become available, Owen said. james.skeen(at)dailynews (661) 267-5743 |
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