(1966) said that they were once thought of as” custodial wage labor”. They now gained professional status because of the increase in educational background and certification programs.
The significance of the education and certification programs was to enable for the improvement of administration but also the increase effectiveness of the day to day running of the prisons. The correctional officers opposed the privatization of Florida prisons because the private corporations were not interested in maintaining the professionalism nor the caliber of the lives that they have earned. Furthermore, in the past individuals would apply for a position as a correctional officer after failure in other careers such as the military, Sheriff’s office, etc. …show more content…
These corporations not only run private prisons but also Detention Centers for Immigrants. Privatization of prisons meant one of three concepts: 1. built and lease 2. service 3. built, leased and serviced the facility. These corporations’ major attraction to most state legislators has been and continues to be the saving of tax dollars. Force and fraud: A radically coherent criticism of corrections as industry, Welch (2003) said that prisoners are “raw material”. Private prisons are interested in keeping prisoners in the prisons for as long as they legally can. Moreover, he discussed that the private prison corporations were more interested in the prisoners being in the prisons rather than the saving of tax dollars. According to the articles entitled Problematizing prison privatization: An overview of the debate and Are private prisons more cost-effective than public prisons? A meta-analysis of evaluation research studies the cost savings of private prisons compared to public prisons is inconclusive. It has been found that the private run
The significance of the education and certification programs was to enable for the improvement of administration but also the increase effectiveness of the day to day running of the prisons. The correctional officers opposed the privatization of Florida prisons because the private corporations were not interested in maintaining the professionalism nor the caliber of the lives that they have earned. Furthermore, in the past individuals would apply for a position as a correctional officer after failure in other careers such as the military, Sheriff’s office, etc. …show more content…
These corporations not only run private prisons but also Detention Centers for Immigrants. Privatization of prisons meant one of three concepts: 1. built and lease 2. service 3. built, leased and serviced the facility. These corporations’ major attraction to most state legislators has been and continues to be the saving of tax dollars. Force and fraud: A radically coherent criticism of corrections as industry, Welch (2003) said that prisoners are “raw material”. Private prisons are interested in keeping prisoners in the prisons for as long as they legally can. Moreover, he discussed that the private prison corporations were more interested in the prisoners being in the prisons rather than the saving of tax dollars. According to the articles entitled Problematizing prison privatization: An overview of the debate and Are private prisons more cost-effective than public prisons? A meta-analysis of evaluation research studies the cost savings of private prisons compared to public prisons is inconclusive. It has been found that the private run