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Ohio Prison Food Contract Sparks Controversy

Loaded on Oct. 15, 2000 published in Prison Legal News October, 2000, page 8
Filed under: Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Retaliation, Retaliation against Staff, Food. Location: Ohio.
In 1998 senior officials of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DORC) were convinced that outsourcing prison food service would be the next great leap forward for Ohio penology. So they bid out a contract for private firms to provide food service at the Noble Correctional Institution. Of the …

 

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