The involvement of the private sector in the penal system, prima facie, could be seen as a rapid and low cost, high benefit solution to the most serious penal system problems such as lack of prisons spaces, poor condition within the prisons, and the state responsibilities of running prisons services adequately, by the figure of prison privatization. (Cavadino, M. and Dignan, J. 2007)
The figure of contracting out has been well described by Cavadino and Dignan in their analysis of the prison privatization. This model involves the private sector in the penal system, by giving to it certain responsibilities, such as, auxiliary services, design and construction of prisons, basic custodial functions, or a set of above, which is named “DCMF” prisons, including design, construction, management and financing responsibilities from the private sector, and also the theoretical possibility of contracting out the responsibilities of commissioning, monitoring, and enforcement of prison service contracts.
Prison privatization in England and Wales
The prison privatization in England is not new, In England and Wales private jail keepers were frequently accountable for the administration of the prison from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century.
The private sector was involving in the penal system at that time, by fee system rather an official payment. This manner of private intervention was abolished in 1915 (McConvile, 1981).
The early experience with the contracting out system mentioned before started in United Kingdom, after 1788, with the use of penal transportation of convicts through ships operated by the private sector, under an agreement with the British government. (Ammon, 1992. Feeley, 2002, Hughes, 1987)
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Should prisons in the United States be for profit? How do for profit prisons benefit the United States? Would inmates rather be in private or public correctional centers? What kind of affects does this have on taxpayers? What are the pros and cons of profit prisons? These are many of the questions that are brought up when discussing for profit prison systems. There are different perspectives that can be taken when it comes to talking about for profit prisons. This paper will discuss some of the ways that the United States has started to become for profit and why it has happened. Finally, this paper will give an opinion of whether or not for profit prisons should be dominant over public facilities.
The goal of private prisons is to be more efficient and runs cheaper than the average public operated prisons. In a public prison, it cost a lot of money for the inmates to be taken cared of, so the plan was to have a prion that is not own by the government, but instead was owned by a owner who would guarantee to run their prison facility for less money, and still provide the same qualities and care as a public prison. However, that isn’t the case now. Private prisons are falling short on actually fulfilling those aspect and requirements. In fact it is relatively hard to determine if there is any difference in the qualities between a private facility and a public facility. The only difference so far is that a private prison is not own by the government and therefore it is more of a business own by an owner who most likely runs...
When reviewing the international human right laws we see that it is put in place to protect the prisoner’s capabilities working in the private prison systems. With the advance degree of the rise in population of prisoners incarcerated every year, the more rapidly they are exploited in their labor capabilities. Where there are three different areas prisoners may work :) in the institution where the prisoner is incarcerated which is called a private prison, a private subdivision which is involved with the prison industries, and, private subdivisions that are engaged with the work release program. Over the years prison labor has been a matter of interest and concern with the (ILO) International Labor Organization, yet the international law is not advancing to the degree that it needs too on this specific subject. (Fenwick, C. 2005). In argument of this we need recognize how the prison labor is being used for profit beyond what it should and needs to be addressed if we have any regard to how we treat the incarcerated. Yes...
Don Hutto, Tom Besley, and Dr. Robert Crants “wanted to invent an approach that benefited others and they wanted to do so while working in the govenement institution they valued. “(CCA 2013) The trio created the first private prison, brining “cost savings, technology and design innovations to government.” (CCA 2013) Corrections Corporation of America started in 1980, they industrialized the prison industry, they were able to “build, operate, design, finance, tailor solutions based on precise needs, population, budget, policies, and procedures of correctional facilities.”(CCA 2013) Not only did they industrialize the industry they specialized in the prison
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The use of prison as a form of punishment began to become popular in the early 19th century. This was because transportation to colonies had started to decrease; transportation was the removing of an individual, in this case an offender, from its country to another country; usually for a period of seven to ten years and in some cases for ever. During this time prison was now being used as a means for punishment, this was in response to the declining of transportation to colonies. Thus, instead of transporting offenders to other colonies they were now being locked away behind high walls of the prison. Coyle (2005). To say whether using prison as a form of punishment has aid in the quest of tackling the crime problem one must first consider the purposes of the prison.
Prison was designed to house and isolate criminals away from the society in order for our society and the people within it to function without the fears of the outlaws. The purpose of prison is to deter and prevent people from committing a crime using the ideas of incarceration by taking away freedom and liberty from those individuals committed of crimes. Prisons in America are run either by the federal, states or even private contractors. There are many challenges and issues that our correctional system is facing today due to the nature of prisons being the place to house various types of criminals. In this paper, I will address and identify three major issues that I believe our correctional system is facing today using my own ideas along with the researches from three reputable outside academic sources.