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Part 2 - Overcrowded Michigan County Jails: Is There a Private Sector Solution?
April 1, 1989
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By
Dr. Charles Van Eaton
I. Current Private Sector Involvement in the Corrections System
II. Does the Private Prison Cost Less to Build and Operate? If So, Why?
III. Objections to Jail Privatization
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Jail Overcrowding in Michigan: A Public Problem With a Private Solution?
Contents
Executive Summary
Part 1 - Overcrowded Michigan County Jails: Does the Soltuion Lie "Within System?"
Part 2 - Overcrowded Michigan County Jails: Is There a Private Sector Solution?
I. Current Private Sector Involvement in the Corrections System
II. Does the Private Prison Cost Less to Build and Operate? If So, Why?
A. The Current Evidence on Cost
B. Why Lower Cost? Some Observations.
III. Objections to Jail Privatization
A. The Legality Question: Point and Counter-Point
B. The Moral-Social Control Question. Point and Counter-Point
Part III - Summary and Concluding Remarks
Endnotes
Acknowledgements
About the Author