PRIVATE PRISONS--State Sen. Robert Hagan, D-Youngstown, gestures during a news conference concerning proposed legislation that would regulate privately owned prisons, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 1998. To the left is Robert Bush, Law Director for the City of Youngstown, to the right is State Rep. Ronald Gerberry, D-Canfield. The Corrections Corporation of America currently operates a facility in Youngstown which houses 1,500 prisoners from Washington, DC.