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Merchandizing Prisoners: Who Really Pays for Prison Privatization?

Autor Byron Eugene Price
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 mar 2006 – vârsta până la 17 ani
Beginning in the mid 1980s, the privatization of jails and prisons burgeoned in the United States. Not only has there been a steady growth of private, for-profit operation of federal, state and county correctional facilities, but private firms have also become more involved in other aspects of the prison industry, such as the financing and construction of new prisons and the renovation of existing ones. Moreover, many of these private companies have gone public and are trading on the stock exchanges. Perhaps more than with other service industries in this country, the privatization of prisons has become a growth industry. Yet, prison privatization continues to be one of the most controversial issues in public policy. Although sold to the public as a cost-saving measure, the privatization of prisons has not only led to significant changes in policy making and the management of prisons, but has also generated widespread concern that incarceration has become a profit-making industry. That, in turn, strengthens calls for policies on mandatory-minimum sentencing that keep the prison industry growing. After all, in order to be successful business enterprises, prisons will need occupants.What compels state policy makers to privatize their prisons? The conventional response by political and appointed policy leaders has consistently and unequivocally been that they wish to save costs. But the truth may be otherwise. Eugene Price illustrates that fiscal issues are often trumped by political factors when it comes to the decision to privatize. He examines the potential reasons why a state might choose to privatize its prisons, and considers financial and political aspects in depth. Ultimately he concludes that the desire to save costs is not the primary reason for state prison privatization. Rather, the more plausible explanations revolve around political and ideological factors such as the party of the governor and the overall political and ideological culture of the state. This work sets the record straight about the decision to privatize state prisons, revealing the political bias that often drives these policy choices.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780275987381
ISBN-10: 0275987388
Pagini: 212
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.47 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Notă biografică

Byron Eugene Price is Assistant Professor of Public Administration at Rutgers University, Newark. He is the Associate Director of the National Center for Public Productivity, Rutgers University, Newark, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Public Management and Social Policy, and Case Study Editor, Public Productivity and Management Review. Dr. Price has co-authored two book chapters on Mississippi politics, co-authored one book chapter on privatization, and contributed three entries to the Malcolm X Encyclopedia. He has published in the American Review of Public Administration, the International Review of Public Administration, Public Productivity and Management Review, and the PA Times.

Cuprins

IntroductionOrganizationStates and the Prison Privatization DebateHistorical Overview of Prison PrivatizationPrivatization ClimateThe Meaning of PrivatizationThe Case for Prison PrivatizationThe Case against Prison PrivatizationPrivatization SummaryExplaining Prison Privatization: A View from the StatesEfficiency, Effectiveness and Quality Arguments: More for Your MoneyCost Savings StudiesEffectiveness Arguments: Getting the Job DoneQuality Arguments: Improving Services for the IncarceratedSummaryDebunking the Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Quality ArgumentsCritique of Economic/Efficiency ArgumentHidden CostsCost Incurred To Export PrisonersTax ImplicationsLiability CostsCritique of Effectiveness ArgumentCritique of the Quality ArgumentDoes Competition Exist in the For-Profit Prison Environment?A Framework for Prison PrivatizationEconomic ExplanationsPer Capita IncomeTax CapacityTax EffortIdeological ExplanationsControl of LegislatureGovernor's PartyPolitical IdeologyPolitical ExplanationsCrime RatesNeighboring States Privatization BehaviorPolitical CulturePrison CapacityWhat's the Real Reason behind Prison Privatization from the State's Perspective?Speculative PrisonsHistory of Speculative PrisonsSpeculative Prisons, Issues, and Inter-Jurisdictional ConcernsSummaryPrivate Prisons: A Vested Interests to IncarcerateThe Political Economy of Prison PrivatizationPrivate Prisons and the Stock MarketPrison LaborPrison Industries in American CorrectionsContemporary ModelsPrivate Prisons as Economic DevelopmentCampaign Financing and LobbyingAmerican Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)Corrections Commercial ComplexThe Census and Prisoners Equals Dollars and Representation for Rural CommunitiesFelony DisenfranchisementThe Higher Education ActSummaryState of Prison Privatization and ConclusionsAre States Still Pursuing Prison Privatization?What Issues or Problems Exist With Prison Priivatization?Health CareHuman RightsState Fiscal ProblemsSafetyRecurring Issues and Questions about Prison PrivatizationConcluding RemarksEndnotesBibliography

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[U]nderscores how for-profit private prison companies have gone public and are trading on the stock exchanges, and the inimical impact of prisons being publicly traded.
[E]xamines the steady growth of private, for-profit prison firms and the correctional-commercial complex that has developed tangentially with the private prison industry. The book details the strange bedfellows that have been brought together to expand this industry. Price underscores how these for-profit private prison companies have gone public and are trading on the stock exchanges and the inimical impact of prisons being publicly traded. He debunks many of the claims as to why states seek prison privatization and demonstrates that incarceration is the new form of slavery..This work sets the record straight about the decision to privatize state prisons, revealing the political bias that often drives these policy choices.