Private Prison Costs Missing From State's Sunshine Portal

From newmexicowatchdog.org -It seems that no sooner does the state’s IT department get one omission from the new mandatory information portal patched up when another glaring omission crops up. The portal lists $5.7 billion in “Purchases” for the most recent fiscal year – fiscal 2011. That includes some $84 million the state Corrections Department spent last year. Problem is, the Corrections Department spent almost that much just in contracts with four privately operated prisons. Those purchases are not listed among 4,966 purchase orders the state’s prison, probation and parole buyers authorized last year.  More News New Mexico

Private Prison Costs Missing From State's Sunshine Portal