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Privatizing Corrections: Defining The Issues, Ira Robbins
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Privatization Of Corrections: Defining The Issues, Ira P. Robbins
Privatization Of Corrections: Defining The Issues, Ira P. Robbins
Vanderbilt Law Review
Even as the public is demanding that more criminals be incarcerated and that their sentences be lengthened, the problems of America's prisons and jails continue to plague, if not overwhelm,us. More than two-thirds of the states are currently under court order to correct conditions that violate the United States Constitution's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. There are many important questions, but there are still no clear, satisfactory answers.
The last few years have thus witnessed diverse, controversial developments. Some, like the voluntary accreditation of correctional facilities by the Commission on Accreditation for Corrections, have begun to take root. Others, …
Privatizing Corrections: Defining The Issues, Ira P. Robbins
Privatizing Corrections: Defining The Issues, Ira P. Robbins
Ira P. Robbins
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