Texas Prison Bid'ness

A conference today in New York billed as "The Future of Prison Services and Privatization" will bring together executives from the major private prison industry to plot the future of the industry (or, in the words of the conference organizers, to "discuss this important and developing market").

The conference is hosted by Avondale Partners, an Nashville-based investment bank, and appears to be a who's who in the private prison industry with presentations by the CEO's private prison corporations Corrections Corporation of America, The GEO Group, and Houston-based Cornell Corrections. Privatized prison medical service providers will also be present.

At least two of the companies, Cornell and CCA, will be web-casting their presentations, so we'll be able to let you know what they're saying about private prisons in Texas.