Topia!: Society: Issues: Crime and Justice: Prisons: Privatization (41) Activism (topiasearch) Articles (topiasearch) Organizations (topiasearch) Reports (topiasearch) Research (topiasearch) See Also: Business: Business Services: Security Society: Issues: Economic: Privatization 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. Oregon AFSCME Corrections: Private Prisons - Statement against privatization, news articles, references and reports. 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. AFSCME Corrections United (ACU): Private Prisons Watch - Collection of publications, statutes, and Internet resources, organized by a correction labor union. Private Prisons Information Action Kit - Essays on why to oppose privatisation, published by the People's Justice Alliance, of Australia. 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. Private Prisons for Dummies: Paul's Justice Page - An introduction to the actions of the Corrections Corporation of America. Committee to End the Marion Lockdown (CEML): Private Prisons and Prison Labor - Collection of interesting articles, skeptical of public costs and private profits. 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. Well Kept: Comparing Quality of Confinement in a Public and a Private Prison - Study compares public against private operation of a women's prison in New Mexico, using a federal women's prison as a third point of reference. Published by University of Connecticut, October 1996. Competitive Corrections Research Project - Aims to explore and evaluate the role of the private sector in corrections. Features news and publications. Privatization Database: Corrections - An analysis of trends, practices, research findings and cost savings potential of privatized prisons. The Prison Industry: Capitalist Punishment - Feature including editorials and reports on the private prison system. [corpwatch.org] Additional categories: home bar furniture formula to calculate mortgage payments folding shopping cart Brigham Young University Cougars cheap camcorders

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