In his Lewiston Tribune editorial this morning, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase contends that nobody's laughing at the Idaho State Police's comedy of errors:

There's one clear winner in Idaho's private prison debacle: Corrections Corporation of America, the company that ran Idaho's private prison. How did that happen? Well, mistakes were made. So say the people surrounding Idaho State Police head Col. Ralph Powell. About two years ago, Rebecca Boone of The Associated Press exposed CCA for billing the state for unworked shifts at the Idaho Correctional Institution outside Boise. Until then, Gov. C.L. (Butch) Otter, a recipient of CCA campaign cash and an acolyte of prison privatization, had been loyal to the company. By 2014, however, the state ultimately chose not to renew its $29 million CCA contract and assumed management over the renamed Idaho State Correctional Center. For a $1 million settlement, the Board of Correction agreed to let CCA off the legal hook. More here.

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