Lukol Directory: Society: Issues: Crime and Justice: Prisons: Privatization

Cashing in on Criminality: Private Prisons, Corporate Power, and the Color of Crime
Prospectus explores evidence that substantiates prison privatization as a growing phenomenon in the United States.
http://speech.csun.edu/ben/news/karyl.html

AFSCME Corrections United (ACU): Private Prisons Watch
Collection links of publications, statutes, and Internet resources, organized by a correction labor union.
http://www.afscme.org/private/aculink3.htm

Prison Privatisation Report International (PPRI)
PPRI reports 6 times per year on global developments in the privatisation of prisons, detention centres and other elements of the criminal justice system.
http://www.psiru.org/justice/index.asp

Corporate Corrections? Frequently Asked Questions About Private Prisons
Adrian Moore, director of economic studies at the Reason Public Policy Institute, gives an introduction and gives the surrounding controversy.
http://www.reason.org/corrections/

Private Prisons Information Action Kit
Essays on why to oppose privatisation, published by the People's Justice Alliance, of Australia.
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~pjan/pjakit.htm

AFSCME Corrections: Privatization
Public employee union's site advocating the cessation and reversal of prison privatization.
http://www.afscme.org/private/index.html

Committee to End the Marion Lockdown (CEML): Private Prisons and Prison Labor
Collection of interesting articles, skeptical of public costs and private profits.
http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~kastor/priv...

Privatization Database: Corrections
An analysis of trends, practices, research findings and cost savings potential of privatized prisons.
http://www.privatization.org/database/poli...

Private Jails and Prisons: Correctional Officers Resource
Jerry Hawley, correctional consultant and retiree from the Oregon Public Safety Academy, discusses and publishes opinions, and Internet resources.
http://www.open.org/~hawley/private.htm

Private Prisons for Dummies: Paul's Justice Page
An introduction to the actions of the Corrections Corporation of America.
http://www.paulsjusticepage.com/crimepays....

The Prison Industry
Features include editorials and reports on the private prison system.
http://corpwatch.org/article.php?list=type...

Privatization of Prisons: The Public Policy Debate
Looks at the rise of privatization, assesses the pros and cons, decision making, implementation and evaluation of current facilities with references.
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby...

Privatization Watch
News, reports and resources on prison privatization; focus on Florida.
http://www.flpba.org/private/index_private...

Competitive Corrections Research Project
Aims to explore and evaluate the role of the private sector in corrections. Features news and publications.
http://www.rppi.org/privatization/ccrp/ind...

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