Prisons for Profit [electronic resource] : Public Justice, Private Interests / John D. Donahue.

This paper examines several aspects of the private prison debate: (1) How much scope is there for improving the technical and economic efficiency of incarceration through contracting-out to private prison entrepreneurs? (2) Will a fully developed corrections industry be sufficiently competitive to e...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Donahue, John D.
Corporate Author:	Economic Policy Institute
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1988.
Subjects:	Bids. Competition. Contracts. Correctional Institutions. Cost Effectiveness. Entrepreneurship. Prisoners. Private Agencies. Public Administration.