prison privatization
For-profit detention facilities
Prison privatization is the practice of governments contracting with private companies to operate correctional facilities.
The companies build or manage prisons for profit, receiving per-inmate payments from the state.
Critics argue it creates financial incentives to keep incarceration rates high: Prison privatization has been blamed for lobbying that promotes harsher sentencing.
Supporters claim private facilities operate more efficiently than government-run prisons.
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
- correctionsAdjustments to fix errors
- profitGain exceeding expenditure
- inmatesIncarcerated individuals
- contractsEnforceable written agreements
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