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BOP To Outsource Housing of 7,000 Mexican 'Criminal Aliens'

Posted by Stephen Peacock - March 28, 2006 at 10:44 pm
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is looking to outsource the housing of up to 7,000 "criminal aliens," primarily of Mexican origin. This group of inmates, who already have been sentenced, currently are serving time at unspecified facilities in West Texas. According to a March 20 presolicitation notice obtained via the FedBizOpps contractor database, the group will be dispersed in batches of 900-3,000 prisoners to other locations within Arizona, California, New Mexico, Oklahoma, or Texas.

BOP is viewing this arrangement on a long-term basis and is open to awarding contracts to privately run facilities as well as public institutions. Awards for 10-year contracts are possible, starting with a four-year base period followed by three two-year options.

Contractors are required to "clearly demonstrate they have verifiable corporate experience operating a secure correctional/detention institution for a continuous three-year period," the notice says. "Past Performance and experience will be significant factors in the evaluation of offers." Faith-based and community organizations "have an equal right to submit competitive proposals" for any resulting contracts, it added.

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I'm a former Washington, DC, journalist (1998-2003) who most recently worked for Communications Daily and Washington Internet Daily (WID), investigative newsletters that cover the telecommunications, broadcast and Internet industries. Following the 9/11 attacks, my news beat expanded beyond Capitol Hill telecom/TV/IT policy and began to include technology-policy coverage at the Pentagon and Dept. of Homeland Security. I've written over a thousand articles about government and industry affairs, and I'm pleased to say that I was the reporter who broke the story about the Total Information Awareness surveillance/data-collection initiative of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. I've written articles for publications including NACLA Report on the Americas, Drug Enforcement Report, Corrections Journal, SoJo Mail (Sojourners), and the Tampa Tribune. I've also written a memoir about my former career as a plainclothes security officer of the Helmsley Palace hotel in New York City, Hotel Dick: Harlots, Starlets, Thieves & Sleaze. I look forward to contributing to the fine work being done here at NarcoSphere.

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Border-Related Hearing to Be Webcast

Submitted March 30, 2006 - 4:05 pm by Stephen Peacock
While we're on the topic....

The Secure Border Initiative, Immigration Customs & Enforcement, and Customs Border Protection are the scheduled topics of a House Appropriations Homeland Security subcommittee hearing set for April 6.

The 2 p.m. event, which will take place in Rm. 2359 of the Rayburn House Office Bldg., also will be WEBCAST .

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