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Contracting Prison Operations: A Plan to Improve Performance
Publication year:
2007
| Cataloged on:
Apr. 12, 2007
ANNOTATION: Issues to take into account before privatizing a prison or prison service are reviewed. Sections following an executive summary are: introduction; public policy issues -- performance oriented government, if contracting for prisons is a viable strategy, and initial issues to consider; road blocks which impede progress -- political considerations and organized groups; practitioner considerations -- communication is critical to public-private partnerships (PPPs), standards for incarceration, the contractual partnership, statement of work, the contract, and monitoring; conclusion; examples of private prison cost analyses; and "Suggested Checklist for Elected Officials, Correctional Officers, and Practitioners."