Advantages Of Prison Privatization

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On a Global Level Prison Privatization is not just in the United States. It is in Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, the United Kingdom. The privatization “model is becoming the mode of organizing punishment in other countries” (Davis, 2003:97). The private prison companies have used their power to try and take advantage of the expanding prison population in other countries so they can make more money. These companies “companies court the state within and outside the United States for the purpose of obtaining prison contracts, bringing punishment and profit together in a menacing embrace” (Davis, 2003: 98).
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In Melbourne, Australia in 1996 the first all women's private facility was opened. In Victoria the government o”adopted the U.S. model of privatization in which financing, design, construction, and ownership of …show more content…

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