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Report: Are Florida’s Private Prisons Keeping Their Promise?

Lack of Evidence to Show They Cost Less and Have Better Outcomes than Public Prisons

Introduction
 
Over the past 20 years, states have begun to contract with private companies to provide a number of services that had traditionally been government functions performed by public employees. For the most part, supporters of privatization have argued that subjecting various functions to market competition would result in lower costs to taxpayers and higher levels of effectiveness. Child welfare services, concessions in state parks, food services and student transportation in some school districts, and human resource management functions for state agencies are some functions that have been privatized in Florida...

Posted: April 12, 2010
Subject: Private Prisons  Doc type: Reports  Author:
Tags: private prisons, budget, public safety, florida, report

California Out-of-State Correctional Facility Program

Overview of Out-of-State Bed Program

Mission. The California Out-of-State Correctional Facility (COCF) program is administered by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). Its mission is to transfer inmates out of state for the purpose of temporarily alleviating overcrowding within existing state prisons.

Number of Inmates. The department currently has 8,021 male inmates housed in fi ve out-of-state facilities. Inmates housed in these facilities are generally highersecurity level inmates. Most inmates have been transferred involuntarily. Inmates with serious medical and mental health issues are generally excluded from the program...

Posted: January 20, 2010
Subject: Prison Reviews, Private Prisons  Doc type: Reports  Author: LAO
Tags: cdcr, inmates, private prisons, corrections corporation of america, overcrowding