Private Prisons: Problems Within the Solution

• NCJ Number: 109339
• Journal: Justice Quarterly Volume: 4 Issue: 3 Dated: (September 1987) Pages: 441-453
• Author(s): C Bowditch; R S Everett
• Date Published: 1987
• Length: 13 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: An earlier version of this paper was presented at the annual meetings of the American Society of Criminology, 1985.

Annotation

In this paper we examine the claim that private industry can provide the flexibility and cost efficiency needed to meet current demands for prison space and improved prison conditions.

Abstract

We show reasons to suspect predictions of increased efficiency and flexibility, and warn of the difficulties in regulating a private industry. We conclude by evaluating the consequences of privatization for future criminal justice policy. (Publisher abstract)