A decision not to allow privatization of a Florida state psychiatric hospital ends a controversy which pitted Florida lawmaker, Rep. Janet Adkins, against lobbying interests for Geo Group Inc. Adkins's husband runs an assisted-care facility doing business with Northeast Florida State Hospital. Geo Group, a firm specializing in private prisons, has been acquiring psychiatric hospitals. Privatization would have saved the state $3 million while it tried to close a budget deficit.
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