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ACU Prison Privatization Resources

AFSCME Prison Privatization Publications

• The Evidence Is Clear: Crime Shouldn't Pay
  
• Should Crime Pay?
  
• Prison Privatization: Don't be a Prisoner to Empty Promises
  
• AFSCME Articles on Prison Privatization
  

Other AFSCME Resources on Prison Privatization

• Talking Points: Privatization in Corrections
  
• Recent Prison Privatization News Stories
  
• Recent Private Correctional Medical Services News Stories
  
• Private Prisons: Lawsuits, Reports, and Religious Organizations' Statements
  
• Lake Snell Perry & Associates Private Prisons Survey (August 1999)
  
• Public and Private Prisons Compared - 2000
  
• Oregon AFSCME Corrections' Prison Privatization Page
  

Prison Privatization Statutes

• State Statutes and Regulations Governing Private Prisons
  
• 1999 State Prison Privatization Laws
  
• 1998 State Prison Privatization Laws
  

Other Anti-Prison Privatization Resources

• Private Corrections Institute
  
• Not With Our Money
  

Pro-Prison Privatization Resources

• Reason Public Policy Institute
  
• Association of Private Correctional and Treatment Organizations (APCTO)
  

Private Correctional Firms

• Avalon Correctional Services, Inc.
  
• CiviGenics
  
• Community Education Centers
  
• Cornell Companies
  
• Corrections Corporation of America
  
• The GEO Group, Inc.
  
• Management & Training Corporation
  
• Prison Health Services
  
• Securicor Custodial Services, Ltd.
  

Additional Publications and Articles on Prison Privatization

• Jail Breaks: Economic Development Subsidies Given to Private Prisons
  
• Lockdown Shutdown?
  
• Emerging Issues on Privatized Prisons
  
• Selective Celling: Inmate Population in Ohio's Private Prisons
  
• Prison Privatization: The Bottom Line
  
• Private Prisons in the United States: An Assessment of Current Practice
  
• Private Prisons in the United States: Appendix 1 Tables
  

Agency Abbreviations:

NICIC: National Institute of Corrections Information Center

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