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2 results foundAuthor: American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Title: Prisons for Profit: A Look at Prison Privatization Summary: The economic downturn has resulted in a budget crisis for Ohio, as it has for other states, and out-of-control prison costs have emerged as a key concern. The ACLU of Ohio has been a forceful proponent of sentencing reform where policymakers may save taxpayer dollars and help create a more just society. Governor John Kasich’s new budget plan includes a sweeping overhaul of Ohio’s Department of Rehabilitation & Correction. The proposal includes commonsense sentencing reforms that would help ease our overcrowded prison system. Unfortunately, the proposed budget also includes a plan to sell five state correctional facilities to “prison for profit” operators like Corrections Corporation of America and contract with those companies to house inmates in them. Privatizing state prisons may in fact undermine sentencing reform’s goal to remove low-level offenders from the justice system. Prisons for profit are different from public institutions because they must generate revenues for their shareholders. As a result, they have a direct interest in ensuring that Ohio’s prison system stays full to maximize its profitability. This is not the first time prison privatization has been proposed as a cost-saving measure for Ohio taxpayers. In the 1990s, Ohio experimented with a private penitentiary in Youngstown that resulted in serious safety and fiscal concerns. Currently, the state has limited private facilities to Northcoast Correctional Facility and Lake Erie Correctional Facility, which hold inmates with minimal health and behavioral issues. Legislators are taking steps to correct our broken prison system, but privatization will negate this important work. This report seeks to explore the many problems that plague prisons for profit, in the areas of fiscal efficiency, safety, contributions to the community, accountability and effect on recidivism. Details: Cleveland, OH: American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio, 2011. 24p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 21, 2011 at: http://www.acluohio.org/issues/CriminalJustice/PrisonsForProfit2011_04.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United States URL: http://www.acluohio.org/issues/CriminalJustice/PrisonsForProfit2011_04.pdf Shelf Number: 121466 Keywords: Private Prisons (Ohio)Privatization |
Author: Hallett, Michael Title: Selective Celling: Inmate Population in Ohio's Private Prisons Summary: In this May 2001 study, Amy Hanauer and Michael Hallett find that Ohio’s experiment with prison privatization is failing. Among the major findings of the report is that easy-to-manage inmates with dramatically fewer medical, disciplinary, and mental health needs have been targeted to private prisons in the state, allowing them to artificially cut costs. Selective Celling also details the troubled history of private prisons in Ohio, cataloging escapes, injuries, murders, inadequate medical treatment, security lapses, cost overruns, high levels of staff turnover, and contract violations. Details: Cleveland, OH: Policy Matters Ohio, 2001. 29p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed December 17, 2012 at http://www.policymattersohio.org/wp-content/uploads/2001/05/Prisrpt.pdf Year: 2001 Country: United States URL: http://www.policymattersohio.org/wp-content/uploads/2001/05/Prisrpt.pdf Shelf Number: 127231 Keywords: Correctional Administration (Ohio)Costs of Criminal Justice (Ohio)Private Prisons (Ohio) |