Ohio has finalized the first sale in its plan to privatize large parts of its prison system. State officials say they have reached a deal to sell the Lake Erie Correction Institutions to the Corrections Corporation of America, or CCA, for $72.7 million. Ohio will now pay CCA to run the prison. The move is part of a plan to sell off four prisons to private firms. Last week, the group ProgressOhio filed a lawsuit seeking to block the privatizations.