• A private prison, or for-profit prison, is a place where people are imprisoned by a third party that is contracted by a government agency. Private prison...
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    the prison system, there has been a huge expansion of prisons that exist at the federal and state level. Now, prisons are starting to become a private industry...
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    believe that the economic incentives of prison construction, prison privatization, prison labor, and prison service contracts have transformed incarceration...
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    outside of the prison during a work release program. In private prisons, contractors are people who pay the prison for the use of prison labor and supplied...
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    prisoners in Australia were held in private prisons. In the 2016-17 financial year, Australia spent $3.1 billion on prisons and $0.5 billion on community corrections...
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    offender female prison located on the outskirts of Ashford in Surrey, England. Bronzefield is the only purpose-built private prison solely for women...
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  • Prison Architect is a private prison construction and management simulation video game developed and published by Introversion Software. It was made available...
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    Federal Bureau of Prisons classifies prisons into seven categories: United States penitentiaries Federal correctional institutions Private correctional institutions...
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    HM Prison Parc (Welsh: Carchar Parc EF) is a Category B men's private prison and Young Offenders Institution in Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales. It is...
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  • Prison Architect 2 is an upcoming private prison construction and management simulation video game developed by Double Eleven and Kokku, and published...
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    Australia, the position is known as a governor. In New Zealand and private prisons in the U.K., the position is known as a director. In India, Pakistan...
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    local jails, state prisons, federal prisons, or privately operated facilities, representing close to a quarter of the global prison population. The Bureau...
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  • (ADCRR), 4 private prisons and 2 private correctional treatment centers. As of 2007 Arizona had exported more than 2000 prisoners to privately run facilities...
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  • industrial work for prisons and private companies. This work involves providing services for sale to government agencies, state-owned or private sector businesses...
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    HM Prison Thameside is a Category B men's private prison in the Thamesmead area of the Royal Borough of Greenwich, south-east London, England. Thameside...
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  • and prison management. Another definition is that privatization is the sale of a state-owned enterprise or municipally owned corporation to private investors;...
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  • for the Private Sector: Industry Self-Regulation in a Global Economy. Carnegie Endowment. ISBN 9780870033377. Bauer, Shane. "Private prisons are shrouded...
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    Forest Bank Prison is a Category B men's private prison, in the Agecroft area of Pendlebury in Salford, England. The prison is currently operated by Sodexo...
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    CoreCivic (category Private prisons in the United States)
    Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), is a company that owns and manages private prisons and detention centers and operates others on a concession basis. Co-founded...
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    in private prison facilities in Kentucky and Arizona. This contract was facilitated by the state legislature enacting a bill to support the private prison...
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    HM Prison Rye Hill is a Category B men's private prison, operated by G4S. Rye Hill has exclusively housed sex offenders since 2014. The prison is next...
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  • This is a list of state prisons in Oklahoma. It does not include federal prisons or county jails located in the state of Oklahoma. Charles E. Johnson Correctional...
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  • HM Prison Peterborough is a Category B private prison for men, and a closed prison for women and female young offenders, located in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire...
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    HM Prison Altcourse is a Category B men's private prison and Young Offender Institution in the Fazakerley area of Liverpool in Merseyside, England. The...
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    HMP Addiewell is a private prison located near to the village of Addiewell in West Lothian, Scotland. HMP Addiewell is operated by Sodexo Justice Services...
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  • or privately run, are inspected by His Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons. Prisons in Scotland are run by the Scottish Prison Service and prisons in Northern...
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    invest in private prisons. "CORRECTION: Wells Fargo Dumps 33% of Geo Group Stock". pcasc. October 25, 2012. "CORRECTION: WELLS FARGO PRIVATE PRISON DIVESTMENT"...
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    Majesty's Prison Dovegate is a Category B men's private prison near Uttoxeter in Staffordshire, England, operated by Serco. Her (now His) Majesty's Prison Dovegate...
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    Florida as of August 2016, including all private prisons with state contracts. It does not include federal prisons or county jails located in the state of...
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  • regulate prison conditions and operation, but the nature of running a prison requires a substantial exercise of discretion. Private prisons are more exposed...
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