U.S. Department of Justice

Too Good to be True: Private Prisons in America

Publication year: 2012 | Cataloged on: Jan. 20, 2012

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  • 025606

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  • 2012
  • 25 pages

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Thumbnail preview ANNOTATION: The claims that private prisons are more cost-efficient than similar publically-operated facilities are examined. Anyone thinking about contracting with a private correctional organization needs to read this report. This document discusses: the origins of private prisons; reemergence of private prison companies; developments in privatization; growth of privatization, 1999-2010; and the issues of private privatization—very little to no fiscal savings through cost containment, private prisons are not a local job creator, less services and lower safety, and politicization of privatization. “The available evidence does not point to any substantial benefits to privatizing prisons” (p. 17).
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