September 10, 2019 (vol. 128, iss. 129) • Page Image 3
…He cited the same prison, the North Lake Correctional Facility in Baldwin, as an example of a private prison that has treated inmates inhumanely. “They promised cost- saving but instead had cost overruns,” Irwin said. “They cut corners in ways that resulted in people being abused, and the state being sued, and the state having to pay out all sorts of money, and many of our people being treated inhumanely. It was a total d...…