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Private Prisons in the United States, 1999: An Assessment of Growth, Performance, Custody, Standards, and Training Requirements
Publication year:
2000
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: Growth in and quality of private prison operations are investigated. Sections of this report include: executive summary; introduction; research plan for the analysis; census; survey -- general characteristics, training and custody standards and policies, and verification of inmate classification; and concluding remarks. Appendixes provide: "Growth and Development of the Private Prisons Industry" by Douglas C. McDonald and Carl W. Patten (Abt Associates); list of private prisons holding sentenced adult inmates; instrument used for the "1999 Survey of Private Sector Training and Custody Standards."