Private prison

country holds 40% of the total prison population, considering the fact that U.S. doesn’t have the largest population. It’s a very alarming situation because this number is increasing every year, so many families are being affected by this. There hasn’t been any major improvement in the federal prison reform, even though there are so many politicians who claim to be very hard towards crime. The current administration is not seeing eye to eye on many issues including prison reform. Some argue that…

complex (Kraska 206). He knew there was potential for the rise of misplaced power (206). Much like the military, the criminal justice has seen the rise of an industrial complex within its system. Kraska defines an industrial complex as when the “private sector involvement and influence blends with public sector organizations and objectives,” (196). The criminal justice industrial complex views the criminal justice system as an entity whose primary purpose is to actively pursue self-serving…

country’s prison system and ensuring the system properly implements the laws and regulations that are in place for the successful incarceration of criminals. A significant part of its operations is focused on finding better ways to manage the system, cut costs, and limit risks. In many ways, it functions much like a national corporation. In the last several decades, the FBOC has tried several different methods for reducing costs and liabilities. One of the most significant efforts that the…

Webster defines the word prison as a state of confinement or captivity. America houses 22 percent of the prisoners worldwide; yet, we only hold about five percent of the world’s population. These statistics are not only alarming to read, but quite frightening too. Taking into consideration, inmates costs the country almost $600 billion a year (Johnson). Several questions come to mind such as, why are these numbers so high? Why are our leaders taking minimal steps to fix these statistics?…

“The American Prison: Imagining a Different Future” written by Francis Cullen, Mary Stohr and Cheryl Johnson discuss some of the various prison systems that can be found in America, and the issues that surround them. The main focus of discussion for each chapter is the history of the prison, its effectiveness in running, its social context in modern day America, and the authors of the chapter’s personal thoughts on the importance of that specific prison type. The four types of prisons covered in…

and have had a little experience with a private facility as well. I believe based off of research, and the video that was shown for this chapter; that private jails are no better than public jails. I say this because, both types of jail facilities have to have the same required things approved by state to even be opened as an official jail. They have to have all the security items that is needed to house those inmates. Also when you look at a public and private jails; they house the same type of…

benefits. Evidence: To ensure that revenues are high, shareholders are content, and the immoral prison industry remains entirely legal, corporations have created a lobby group, that prefers not to call themselves a lobby group (cite), called the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Their goal is not to reverse the negative effects of the Thirteenth Amendment but instead to secure prison construction contracts and increase the number of incarcerated offenders. (cite). To influence…

Privatizing prisons is not an avenue in which I would advise. When looking at the rationales for contracting out, and comparing them to the evidence from already established privatized prisons, the comparison and results are not favorable. Thus, because the evidence and results given from private prison performance, I am against the privatization of prisons. The rationales supporting contracting out include: cost savings, need for skilled staff, quality improvement, flexibility and political…

Name Professor Course Date How private prisons can positively affect state budgets and the economy overall Prison privatization: the United States contracts third party individuals to offer places for physical confinement of humans. despite numerous criticism and flaws that may have been exposed in private prisons, there are benefits enjoyed by states in relation to revenues and economic spur in general that is brought about by prison privatization (Price & Morris, 2). This document will discuss…

ethics and practices, and the future of the criminal justice system in the news headlines. One of the biggest topics is the overwhelming prison population in state and federal prisons. This has been a prominent topic for some time now. While some want to curtail the prison community others seem to think there is not a visible complication. Those who sense the prison population or the amount of people under supervision of the criminal justice system is of no concern, more than likely do not…