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October 19, 2014

Why Private Prisons Do Not Save Money

This presentation, which looks at the overhead costs of private prisons, was done in 2008 and subsequently became a chapter in Punishment for Sale (co-authored with Donna Selman). At that time, Dana Radatz was my graduate assistant who was very helpful in collecting the data and organizing it in a meaningful way.

Why Private Prisons Do Not Save Money: Overhead Costs and Executive Pay

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Prison Privatization in US and Japan (2014 presentation and information on Shimane Asahi Rehabilitation Center - a Japanese high-tech, public-private partnership)

The problems with private prisons (2011 and 2013 presentations) 

Punishment for Sale book - publisher: Rowman and Littlefield ~ Amazon ~ more info from this blog

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