Privatization of Prison Systems

Privatization of prison systems

A) has been proposed to enhance capacity, but no private firms have been willing to step forward and take on such an immense, complex, and dangerous job.
B) has not yet been tried; no state has yet experimented with privatized prisons.
C) raises a number of constitutional questions about delegation of such authority, and the majority of studies indicate that operating cost savings have been marginal or nonexistent.
D) has been inconclusive because experiments in Pennsylvania, Florida, Louisiana, and Tennessee have found that privatization of correctional facilities actually increases the costs of housing inmates by 37 percent.