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  • Large Jail Network Meeting, March 2-4, 2008, Aurora, Colorado

    Contents of these proceedings are: introduction; key themes; session highlights; opening remarks; open forum; U.S.
  • Halfway from Prison to the Community: From Current Practice to Best Practice

    “With the growing emphasis on reentry readiness, federal, state, and local correctional agencies have developed reentry strategies that rely to var
  • Privately Operated Federal Prisons for Immigrants: Expensive. Unsafe. Unnecessary

    “Presented before a House of Representatives briefing sponsored by Rep. Jared Polis of Colorado on September 13, 2012, [this report] ...
  • International Growth Trends in Prison Privatization

    While “privatization has enjoyed a steady reemergence in the United States, the companies managing these facilities have faced persistent criticism
  • Annual Privatization Report 2013: Criminal Justice and Corrections

    If you are looking for a great overview of privatization and public-private partnerships in criminal justice and corrections, then this is the plac
  • Criminal: How Lockup Quotas and "Low-Crime Taxes" Guarantee Profits for Private Prison Corporations

    “This report discusses the use of prison bed occupancy guarantee clauses in prison privatization contracts and explores how bed occupancy guarantee
  • Controversy, Litigation and Performance Problems Plague Private Probation Services

    This is a good overview of the problems inherent in private probation.
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