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May 6, 2009

No privatization for Orofino prison

Idaho has turned down the idea of privatizing a jail in the community of Orofino. The Idaho Department of Corrections said in a press release they had “identified several key services provided at the Orofino prison that would need to remain under state operation reducing potential cost savings of private operation.”

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