Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Construction of a Detention Facility in the Houston, Texas Area
Proposed Contractor-owned/ Contractor-operated Detention Facility, Laredo, Texas Area
Author: Metropolitan Detention Center, Houston
Author: Construction of a Detention Facility in the Houston, Texas Area
Author: King County Federal Detention Center (FDC), Site Selection, Construction, and Operation
Author: Honolulu, Federal Detention Center, Construction and Operation, Island of Oahu
Author: Privatizing Correctional Institutions
Author: Gary W. BowmanPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000949176
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
With more than one million people behind bars, the United States imprisons a larger share of its population than any other industrialized nation. This has precipitated a serious overcrowding problem with federal and state prisons currently operating well beyond capacity. Conventional efforts appear unable to cope with the increasing shortage of beds or with inadequate rehabilitation services. A bold solution is required; increasingly it is being seen to reside in the private sector. This timely volume explores the issues of private versus public financing, construction, and management of medium-and high-security prisons.Private prisons are not a new concept in the United States. They have existed in several forms since the eighteenth century. The opening chapters evaluate historical cases of prisons for profit, examining the concerns of labor, abuses of inmates, and the source and resolution of disputes between private and public sectors. These chapters argue that the experience gained through privatization does not justify current opposition from civil libertarians or labor unions.Chapters dealing with the modern contracting out of complete management and limited services document the growing trend toward privatization and instances of public/private partnership in prison industries.The assembled evidence indicates clearly that privately run prisons have shown significant cost savings and good quality of provision for prisoners while still being profitable. However, the authors caution that these promising results must be reinforced by public safeguards in the contracting stage and monitoring to assure good service and security. With the American prison system in disarray, the public interest demands that government look beyond the public or private identity of those who wish to provide correctional services and focus instead on who can provide the best services at a given cost. It is essential to state that correctional services should attain several objectives and not merely cost minimization. The analysis and recommendations presented here will aid in the task. Privatizing Correctional Institutions will be of interest to law-enforcement officials, public policy analysts, penologists, and criminologists.
People of Color in the United States [4 volumes]
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Author: Kofi LomoteyPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 161069855X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 2075
Book Description
This expansive, four-volume ready-reference work offers critical coverage of contemporary issues that impact people of color in the United States, ranging from education and employment to health and wellness and immigration. People of Color in the United States: Contemporary Issues in Education, Work, Communities, Health, and Immigration examines a wide range of issues that affect people of color in America today, covering education, employment, health, and immigration. Edited by experts in the field, this set supplies current information that meets a variety of course standards in four volumes. Volume 1 covers education grades K–12 and higher education; volume 2 addresses employment, housing, family, and community; volume 3 examines health and wellness; and volume 4 covers immigration. The content will enable students to better understand the experiences of racial and ethnic minorities as well as current social issues and policy. The content is written to be accessible to a wide range of readers and to provide ready-reference content for courses in history, sociology, psychology, geography, and economics, as well as curricula that address immigration, urbanization and industrialization, and contemporary American society.
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1996
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related AgenciesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1198
Book Description
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1995
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related AgenciesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Digital images
Languages : en
Pages : 1400
Book Description