I was asked to forward the following document to Nye County Sheriff
Sharon Wehrly. The concern was that if it was sent out by an inmate in
the Southern Nevada Detention Center (SNDC), a CCA (Customer base: U.S.
Marshals Service – Facility Type: Medium, Owned since 2010) facility,
that they would have no way of determining whether it was received by
the Sheriff, or not. It could simply end up in the trash bin, or on the
desk of the US Marshal Service (USMS).
For the record, it went in the mail about the same time this article is being posted.
So, being the curious sort, I wanted to find more about the SNDC, a
went searching for the contract between the CCA and the USMS, or whoever
was the party on the government side. I was able to find the highly
redacted
Solicitation and Contract
for the construction of the facility, with an initial price tag of
$122,250,660.00. The solicitation also included construction,
maintenance, control, prisoner requirements, and a number of change
orders -which, obviously allowed them to exceed the $122 million price
tag. However, any per bed cost was redacted, as were the other prisoner
related expenses.
What is quite clear is that the federal government pays for 750 beds
per day, whether occupied, or not. Any additional beds are paid for as
long as they are used. Well, that means that until the 750 beds are
full, the government is simply throwing away our money. However, being
conscious of that, it may well be that they endeavor to keep as many of
those beds filled, all of the time.
This, then, would mean that if they can declare someone a “flight
risk” or a “danger to the community”, instead of allowing them out on
bail, or a more realistic “pre-trial release”, they are not saving many,
but they are making CCA earn our money.
However, in reviewing the information I had gleaned and from the
letter (below) the is being sent to the Sheriff, other questions arose
that I wish to lay before you, the People.
.
First is what the intent was in the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution when it says:
No person shall… be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.
raandy
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