Private prison

for the benefit of others, or so we thought. Private prisons, also known as for-profit prisons, have recently become quite successful at making monetary gain by taking advantage of their prison population. Private prison unlike public ones are not overseen by the states and are instead managed independently by corporations, such as Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), who are contracted by the government. The main incentive for managing these prisons, is that they give corporations access…

The Goal of Private Prisons: A Scheme for Profit The operations of private prison show that their success is dependent upon housing the maximum number of inmates. In order to fill beds at private facilities the private corporations lobby for stronger drug and immigration laws along with longer sentences to accompany these laws. These new laws result in the United States having five percent of the world population but housing twenty-five percent of the world’s prisoners. (Liptak, 2008) The…

In 2014, there were 131,261 prisoners housed in private, for-profit prisons in the United States, which constitutes 8.4% of the overall U.S. prison population (Carson 13). A private prison incarcerates individuals using a third party company that is contracted by a government agency. The company is paid monthly based on the amount of prisoners in the facility or for each space available, whether occupied or not. The shift from public to private prisons was not instantaneous; two major factors…

Private Prisons Can the punishment of offenders be delegated to nonpublic agencies? I find this unfavorable for Private Prisons. While there seems to be conflicting evidence of the morality of this question, I believe that Private Prisons open up the opportunity for lack of resources and quality programs and counseling for prisoners. In the book, it states that the ACLU commented by saying “taking away an individual’s freedom is the responsibility of the government and should not be abdicated…

America is also home to a fifth of the world’s prison population which is the highest in the world, and that number is only continuing to grow. Many Americans know that there are many issues associated with having “2,220,300” (Kaeble, Glaze 2) prisoners in the United States, but they fail to comprehend why that number is so high. Americans are consistently finding their family members in trouble with the law in minor forms yet given an unfair prison sentence that is only rivaled by that of a…

The ratio of private prison correctional officers 1 to 6.9 inmates compared to 1 to 4.9 inmates in public prisons is a saving in itself. However, even with the reduced amount of private prison correctional officers and salary decrease from those who work at public facilities, the overall cost reduction would not be significantly enough. According to the CCA annual report operating expenses, private prisons spend more than twice as much on fixed charges of the prison these include costs of the…

The use of private prisons is a debate that is expanding as the privatization of prison services is spreading throughout the area of corrections. In Canada as of 2012, correctional facilities had no affiliation with the private sector (Griffiths & Murdoch, 2014, p. 39). In 2001, the government of Ontario speculated the use of privatization. Under a five-year contract, a private company was to operate a mega-jail in Penetanguishene, but it failed to be renewed for reasons unclear (Griffiths &…

has something to do with law enforcement. The United States has more people locked up in the world’s prison population, but only five percent of the world’s people. This is a serious matter because as private and public prisons than any other country in the world. There are now approximately two million inmates in state, local, federal, and private prisons throughout the country. The California Prison Focus state that, “no other society in human history has imprisoned so many of its own…

Money as an incentive for putting people in prison creates a need for there to be people to be in prison whether people are committing crimes or not. The state government in Arizona had to pay a 3 million dollar fine because a private prison in Arizona did not meet 97% capacity (Ortega). Private prisons also give out twice as many infractions against inmates than state prisons, keeping prisoners there longer, and making it harder for prisoners to be released early for good behavior. Even though…

because of its fair and impartial position” (p. 294). Private prisons, according to the text, “are a contradiction of sorts for the criminal justice system” (p. 129). Private prisons are “operated and maintained by a privately owned correctional firm;” thus, are scrutinized for many reasons. Partial scrutinizing transpires because the punishments are weak and partially because…