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The Business Of Punishing: Impediments To Accountability In The Private Corrections Industry, Stephen Raher
The Business Of Punishing: Impediments To Accountability In The Private Corrections Industry, Stephen Raher
Stephen Raher
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The Prison-Keeper's Dilemma: Unsustainable And Undesirable Business Practices In Privatized Corrections, Stephen Raher
The Prison-Keeper's Dilemma: Unsustainable And Undesirable Business Practices In Privatized Corrections, Stephen Raher
Stephen Raher
During the well-documented expansion of the American prison system in the late twentieth century, privately operated correctional institutions experienced an especially pronounced rate of growth. A substantial body of research has addressed operational shortcomings of private prisons, but less attention has been devoted to the business-law aspects of correctional outsourcing. This paper explores some of the persistent contractual and fiscal problems that arise when prison operation is delegated to for-profit firms.
Non-governmental prison operation inevitably leads to reduced transparency when private operators seek to prevent public access to operational information, typically by citing a proprietary interest in business records. Although …