TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas corrections officials and the company picked to build a new state prison have bolstered support for their plan among top Republican legislators, making it more likely their project will get the final go-ahead. CoreCivic, based in Nashville, Tennessee, would oversee construction and lease the new prison to the state for the facility’s first 20 years. The company would handle upkeep during those 20 years, but the state would staff the prison and control day-to-day operations. “A lot of questions have been answered,” said House Speaker Ron Ryckman Jr., a Kansas City-area Republican. Another legislative committee that reviews building projects recommended that the department delay the prison project to solicit new bids with bond financing.

Source: National Post December 22, 2017 06:40 UTC