That’s correct, the Florida Civil Commitment Center located in Arcadia, Florida is run by Geo Group, Inc./Correct Care Solutions, a for-profit private corporation.
This article in Business Insider pointed out the conflict of interest of having a civil commitment center being run by a private, for profit company.
Unlike prisons, from which over 90% of those incarcerated are eventually released, mental health hospitals and civil commitment centers represent the potential for lifetime confinement, which spells long-term, guaranteed profits for private corporations.
Every one involved on the citizen side of the legal system here in Florida realizes it’s a big money maker not only keeping Law enforcement officers and DOC Guards working, but a slew of supportive industries also…