Court Opinion

ID: 9729437
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 14:35:30.196009+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:25:58.032001
License: Public Domain

MICHAEL A. WOLFF, Judge
concurring.
I concur in the principal opinion. However, the opinion seems to assume that the activities of ICC Management, Inc., a private corporation operating a jail, are not unlawful. Is there any constitutional or statutory authority for a private corporation to hold human beings in jail against their will? 1
I am not willing to assume that private jailing is lawful. But whether the business of operating a private jail is lawful or not, I do agree it is not entitled to a tax exemption.

. Senate Bill 44 (CCS No. 2 HCS SCS SB 44), passed in the 2009 General Assembly, provides recognition and some regulation of private jails. It would not affect the time period involved in this case.