Are private prisons safe, efficient, and effective? How would you rate them in effectiveness as compared to public sector prisons? Make sure you define ‘effective’ for your professor… and support your position with well reasoned argument. The prison system in Washington state is being severely stretched by overcrowding, threatening the safety of the staff, the inmates and the surrounding communities. Without new prisons, law enforcement officials will be forced…
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the resolution Resolved: For-Profit Prisons in the United States should be banned. Contention I: Economic Benefits Subpoint A: Save Money Kavanagh, John. "Private Prisons Really Are Cheaper for Taxpayers." Azcentral.com. N.p., 10 Jan. 2014. Web. 10 Dec. 2014. <http://archive.azcentral.com/opinions/articles/20140111private-prisons-keep-money-taxpayers-pockets.html>. The suggestion that private prisons cost taxpayers more money to operate than state-run prisons is wrong. A recent Republic news article…
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Private Prisons Ashley Johnson, Crystal Hickman, Janet Roberts and Steven Martinez Public Policy Issues AJS/582 June 16, 2014 Timothy Cariker Private Prisons Use of Private Institutions vs. Public Institutions The use of private organizations to manage prison operations has existed for decades. The government consistently has contracted for services from external vendors and suppliers to provide for instance, medical services, food preparation, and kitchen duties, inmate vocational programs and…
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What are today’s prisons like? When comparing prisons today from the past you can notice various differences. A lot of prisons have severe overcrowding problems. Numerous numbers of prisons face lack of adequate funding. In prisons today there is tension among prisoners and prison staff, which leads to prison riots. There have been efforts to improve efficiency, but a number of prisons are transferring to private companies. Prisons aim for rehabilitation, but a number of prisons are let free and…
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jails and prisons begin in 1980, after the government could no longer afford to open new prisons. A private prison, jail, or detention center is a place in which individuals are physically confined or interned by a third party that is contracted by a local, state, or federal government agency. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, as of 2014 private ‘for-profit’ prisons housed 91,244 state prisoners, or 6.8 percent of the total state prison population. Companies operating private facilities…
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Introduction Private prisons are those that are privately owned, operated, or managed, under contract to government. No prison today is completely private, in the sense of being independent of government authority, control, and revenue (Logan, 1990). Private prisons now operate only under contract to government (Logan, 1990). Hence, they may often be referred to simply as “contractors,” “vendors,” or “service providers.” There has been a marked increase in the privatization of correctional facilities…
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Health care expenditures in the United States continue to soar with health care costs accounting for 17% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) (http://www.usgovernmentspending.com) [If this URL is in a citation, it should not appear here but rather on the references page] . The United States, along with Turkey…
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probation and prison; Ex) Spilt sentence, intensive probation supervision; Appropriate punishment without constraints to prison or probation; Judges accept 80% of those offered; 3 advantages (less expensive, socially cost effective, and flexible) Medical parole- A person gets released on prison on parole because of medical or mental issue; Someone who is probably not going to commit another crime due to a medical condition Mixed sentence- Combination of sentences at the same time; Ex) Prison and probation…
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enforced by staff as part of a military platform. (Puzzanchera, 2010) There are public and private boot camps. For desperate parents seeking a solution to their children refusing to behave at home, doing poorly at school, and engaging in unsafe activities like drug or alcohol use private boot camps may be an option. Privately run boot camps for teens are different from public boot camps. First of all, private facilities are a privilege. They are businesses that charge fees for their services, and…
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The movie Waiting for “Superman” is conducted in an effective and efficient manner which gave supported facts throughout the film. This documentary follows Anthony, Francisco, Bianca, Daisy, and Emily who are all from different families, in different areas, and shows what they must go through in hopes for a better education. In addition to following each child, the viewer will see how some kids must got through what’s called “The lottery” in order to be admitted into a school of higher education…
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