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...

believe that the economic incentives of prison construction, prison privatization, prison labor, and prison service contracts have transformed incarceration...

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...

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...

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...

Prison Architect is a private prison construction and management simulation video game developed and published by Introversion Software. It was made available...

offender female prison located on the outskirts of Ashford in Surrey, England. Bronzefield is the only purpose-built private prison solely for women...

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...

local jails, state prisons, federal prisons, or privately operated facilities, representing close to a quarter of the global prison population. The Bureau...

Federal Bureau of Prisons classifies prisons into seven categories: United States penitentiaries Federal correctional institutions Private correctional institutions...

Prison Architect 2 is an upcoming private prison construction and management simulation video game developed by Double Eleven and published by Paradox...

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...

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...

and prison management. Another definition is that privatization is the sale of a state-owned enterprise or municipally owned corporation to private investors;...

industrial work for prisons and private companies. This work involves providing services for sale to government agencies, state-owned or private sector businesses...

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...

(ADCRR), 4 private prisons and 2 private correctional treatment centers. As of 2007 Arizona had exported more than 2000 prisoners to privately run facilities...

in private prison facilities in Kentucky and Arizona. This contract was facilitated by the state legislature enacting a bill to support the private prison...

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...

invest in private prisons. "CORRECTION: Wells Fargo Dumps 33% of Geo Group Stock". pcasc. October 25, 2012. "CORRECTION: WELLS FARGO PRIVATE PRISON DIVESTMENT"...

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...

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...

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...

negative effects from the private sector. In the early 1980s, the Corrections Corporation of America pioneered the idea of running prisons for a profit. Today...

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...

regulate prison conditions and operation, but the nature of running a prison requires a substantial exercise of discretion. Private prisons are more exposed...

some facilities operated under contract by private entities to TDCJ. It does not include federal prisons or county jails, nor does it include the North...

government commenced a major prison reform program involving the private sector financing, designing, building and managing new prisons. The OOC was abolished...

enter into contracts with for-profit prison management companies for the construction and operation of private prisons in the state. By the early 21st century...

York does not contract with private prisons, according to state law. The following list does not include federal prisons, New York City jails, or county...