mr. conroy, i just have one question for you. pretty simple. of the 35,000 beds under contract that everybody talks about, how many beds does cca have? >> at this moment in time we have about 5500 i.c.e. detainees in custody. >> how many beds does your contract call for? >> oftentimes our contract does not call for a certain number of beds. there are a certain number of beds available at the facility. the beauty of our model is that that number can change as the demand changes over time. we have the flexibility to manage those facilities in such a way to meet the demand when it's there and for us to scale back that operation. >> no no, no. i think i -- because of the last question you probably -- how many beds do you get paid for every day? over the year, basically, the 35,000 beds. >> that is not how our contracts are structured, sir. >> okay. how are they structured? >> most contracts are a per diem basis where the number of beds used is the number of beds charged. >> paid for? >> yes. >> so, we must have some wrong information because we're

mr. conroy's company. so i think we've heard a number of issues particularly with respect to women and sexual -- potential alleged sexual assault. >> mr. libel. >> by far the most depressing facility i've been in is the pope county detention facility in livington. i think that's actually an important as well that hasn't been raised is the vast majority of these facilities are operated under intergovernmental service agreements that ice already had with eloy, arizona. >> i thought someone said earlier that 60% of these were the private prison corporations. >> they are. so the way that the contracts flow is that ice will contact with a local government agency which then subcontracts with the private prison corporation. in the case of dilly, ice didn't even want to go through that process, they subtracted -- they expanded an existing agreement that they had with eloy arizona. their very troubled facility. the facility that has had the most deaths of any detention facility since the creation of the department o

mr. conroy is the author of "our one common country -- abraham lincoln and the hampton roads peace conference. " this includes many photographs that have been recently colorized, the museum of the confederacy in richmond virginia hosted this 90 minute event. >> i really appreciate this honor, to be invited to speak here at this facility, particularly as a connecticut yankee. i apologize for bringing connecticut yankee weather with me. me, but we have to make due with what we have. i think that most of you will have seen the steven spielberg movie, "lincoln," and if you do, if you have, perhaps you

mr. conroy, you have the mike. >> thank you. good morning. chairman castro, commissioners and fellow panelists. my name is steven conroy, and i'm the vice president of facility operations at cca. in that role, i oversee operational aspects of the majority of our i.c.e. facilities to include adherence to the pbnds in standards as well as other requirements of government partners. i'm a correction professional with over 30 years of experience in both public and private corrections settings. the last nine of which i have worked for cca. i'd like to start by thanking the commission for providing me the opportunity to share with you cca's steadfast commitment to protecting the rights and dignity of all individuals entrusted to our care. nothing is more important to our company than the safety and welfare of those entrusted to our care. it is responsible we take very seriously. reflect a thoughtful commitment on a day-to-day and hour to hour basis in our facilities. these efforts are carried out in consultation with our government partners who also

mr. conroy is the author of "our one common country -- abraham lincoln and the hampton roads peace conference. " this includes many photographs that have been recently colorized, the museum of the confederacy in richmond virginia hosted this 90 minute event. >> i really appreciate this honor, to be invited to speak here at this facility, particularly as a connecticut yankee. i apologize for bringing connecticut yankee weather with me. me, but we have to make due with what we have. i think that most of you will have seen the steven spielberg movie, "lincoln," and if you do, if you have, perhaps you remember the subtext of the movie was the subject of peace negotiations between the north and the south at the very end of the civil war, which is the subject of the book. it's a shorthand way for me to introduce it to people because most people who have the fainted -- faintest interest in the subject will have seen the movie. the cover of the book is on the projector, which redepicts a meeting between lincoln and grant and sherman and admiral porter, who was the senior union admiral at the time. on