Today, in a move slated to save $8 million, the Florida Department of Corrections signed a contract with ARAMARK Correctional Services to provide food services to the state's prisons.
Services will begin to be phased into the state's prison system beginning in July 2008, with all facilities brought up to speed by September 2008, according to a press release the Florida DOC website.
Currently, kitchen facilities are run by correction officers and other DOC workers. As ARAMARK takes over, 280 will remain in the kitchens for security purposes, while the remainder will be moved to other security positions in their respective places of employment, according to the press release.
"We look forward to working together in this new partnership with the State of Florida," said ARAMARK president Norm Miller. "This is an outstanding opportunity for ARAMARK to create economic value for the DOC."
ARAMARK currently provides over 350 institutions with over 235,000 inmates with food, laundry, and commissary services. The contract with Florida will add some 70,000 new inmates across 55 prisons.
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
A Statement of Purpose
So, yea. This blog is going to be for my Journalism 425 and Journalism 475 classes at Washington State University. After those classes are done, I'll be using this as just your standard blog... just because I've pretty much forgotten my livejournal password LOLOMGWTFROFL.
Monday, August 20, 2007
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