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Committee advances bill to shift inmates from private prisons after higher death rates
Summary
The State and Local Government Committee endorsed Senate Bill 1115, which would require the state to reduce or remove inmates from private prison facilities whose inmate death rates exceed twice the state average; sponsors and family members of deceased inmates urged action after testimony about Trousdale/Turner facility problems.
The State and Local Government Committee on May 20 advanced Senate Bill 11 15, sponsored by Sen. Poli Pote, after testimony from families of inmates and questions from senators about reporting and capacity.
Sen. Poli Pote, the bill's sponsor, told the committee the measure would require the state to begin reducing the population of any private prison whose death rate is more than twice the average of state-run facilities; the reductions would be carried out by moving inmates into state-operated prisons until the facility's performance improved. "So we would actually start taking prisoners away from that…
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