Statement of Charles W. Thomas on June 8, 1995 Concerning Correctional Privatization before the House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime

• NCJ Number: 155379
• Author(s): C W Thomas
• Date Published: 1995
• Length: 30 pages
• Corporate Author: University of Florida
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services; University of Florida
• Publication Type: Presentation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This analysis of research and experience regarding privatization in corrections concludes that the private sector can manage secure adult correctional facilities efficiently and effectively.

Abstract

Until recently, advocates of correctional privatization had little to support their claims in support of privatization. However, jurisdictions across the United States as well as Australia and the United Kingdom have learned that properly sophisticated privatization initiatives can and do produce an array of benefits that include but are not limited to significant construction and operating cost savings as well as the delivery of correctional services of a quality at least equal to those provided by government agencies in contracting jurisdictions. Therefore, correctional policymakers should promote correctional privatization whenever doing so is appropriate and should recognize that the scope of what deserves to be viewed as appropriate is quite broad. Footnotes and tables