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6 pages in length. The writer discusses the dubious nature of prison privatization as well as touches upon restorative justice. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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all the surplus inmates will be housed? It has been stated repeatedly how the private sector can operate prisons more cheaply by providing at least the same quality of
service as does the public sector and demonstrating more flexibility in terms of anticipating needs and devising ways to meet diem (Nicholson-Crotty, 2004). It is important to note that
government agencies of small, often isolated municipalities are getting into the corrections business as a means by which to improve their economic basis and increase employment opportunities. Nicholson-Crotty (2004)
further notes that with regard to the spatial format, there are facilities of this type located in and operated by small cities in which they not only supplement the municipal
budgets but also contribute considerably to the local economies. These operations benefit local merchants and suppliers and, probably most significantly, provide employment for a significant number of local residents.
Privately subsidized prisons have become a popular consideration as a means by which to offset the exorbitant amounts of money that are required
to accommodate the myriad recipients of overpopulation problem in todays correctional system. The operation of prisons by the private sector became a vital option again during the 1980s and
early 1990s for several reasons, the first of which was the existence of a general sociopolitical climate favoring the reduction of taxes and government size. Second was the implementation
of "get-tough" social control policies, particularly the "war on drugs," and increasing mandatory prison sentences. These policies resulted in an unprecedented increase in privatized facilities as a means by
which to help detract from the proverbial chokehold strangling the correctional system. According to Nicholson-Crotty (2004), "by 1998, the number of prisoners in privately run facilities world wide had
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