Colombia seeks foreign companies for prison privatization effort
Colombia seeks foreign companies for prison privatization effort
written by Lyra Bartell April 13, 2016
Colombia wants to call in the help of foreign governments and companies to partially privatize a number of prisons to solve an ongoing crisis in the country’s prison system.
The administration of President Juan Manuel Santos will construct four new prisons through public-private alliances with foreign companies, Vice-Minister of Justice Carlos Medina told Congress on Tuesday.
The country’s prisons are suffering from major over-crowding and under-funding, which has led to dreadful humanitarian crises. For years the Santos administration has tried addressing this problem, but without much success.
To make matters worse, the country is going through an economic slowdown, which has drastically reduced the government’s investment budget.
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http://colombiareports.com/colombia-seeks-foreign-companies-prison-privatization-effort/
