Privatizing Correctional Institutions

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Partial Privatization of Prison Operations: Let’s Give It a Chance 3. Private Correction: The Delicate Balance 4. The Future of Correctional Privatization: Lessons from the Past 5. The Privatization of Secure Adult Prisons: Issues and Evidence 6. Bars on the Iron Triangle: Public Policy Issues in the Privatization of Corrections 7. Federal Government Involvement in Private Sector Partnerships with Prison Industries, 8. PRIDE of Florida: A Working Model for Inmates 9. The Public-Private Partnership: A Challenge and an Opportunity for Corrections 10. Minimizing Liability with Private Management of Correctional Facilities 11. Privatization of Corrections: A Threat to Prisoners’ Rights 12. Proving Privatization Works, 13. For Profit Jails: A Risky Business 14. Low Cost, High Quality, Good Fit: Why Not Privatization? 15. Comparison of Privately and Publically Operated Corrections Facilities in Kentucky and Massachusetts, 16. The Development, Present Status, and Future Potential of Correctional Privatization in America

Summary

This timely volume explores the issues of private versus public financing, construction, and management of medium-and high-security

Product details

• Authors: Gary W. Bowman, Bowman Gary W.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9781138513631
• ISBN: 978-1-138-51363-1
• No. of pages: 292
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology