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Part 2 - Overcrowded Michigan County Jails: Is There a Private Sector Solution?

By Dr. Charles Van Eaton, published on April 1, 1989

Contents

  • I. Current Private Sector Involvement in the Corrections System
  • II. Does the Private Prison Cost Less to Build and Operate? If So, Why?
    • A. The Current Evidence on Cost
    • B. Why Lower Cost? Some Observations.
  • III. Objections to Jail Privatization
    • A. The Legality Question: Point and Counter-Point
    • B. The Moral-Social Control Question. Point and Counter-Point
SKU: S1989-02

Jail Overcrowding in Michigan: A Public Problem With a Private Solution?

  • Executive Summary
  • Part 1 - Overcrowded Michigan County Jails: Does the Soltuion Lie "Within System?"
  • Part 2 - Overcrowded Michigan County Jails: Is There a Private Sector Solution?
    • I. Current Private Sector Involvement in the Corrections System
    • II. Does the Private Prison Cost Less to Build and Operate? If So, Why?
    • III. Objections to Jail Privatization
  • Part III - Summary and Concluding Remarks
  • Endnotes
  • Acknowledgements
  • About the Author

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