Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100814:01:12:00
Pushing legislation that was calling for the privatization of state prison beds. i think 1,000 beds back in 2003, another 1,400 before that. but the biggest one is the bill that you just referred to, which would have handed over our entire prison system to the private prison industry. now, that bill was vetoed, but another bill passed that essentially did the same thing. last year our prison system would have, in a sense, been handed over to the private prison industry, but none of those companies would come forward to bid on them. >> morgan loew, investigative reporter with cbs affiliate kpho...
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