Private Prisons Are More Efficient Than Public Prisons (From America's Prisons: Opposing Viewpoints, P 174-183, 1991, Stacey L. Tipp, ed. - See NCJ-159858)

• NCJ Number: 159881
• Author(s): R Fitzgerald
• Date Published: 1991
• Length: 10 pages
• Sale Source: Greenhaven Press
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This article argues that private contractors can help to alleviate the overcrowding problem within the prison system.

Abstract

Prison privatization has followed an evolutionary pathway, beginning with the provision of support operations like medical care and food services, followed later by contracting for pre- release, work release, and halfway-house facility operation. Private companies have also operated juvenile residential facilities, as well as illegal alien detention centers. Private prison owners and administrators can reduce corrections costs and provide innovation without sacrificing the quality of inmate services.