Public-Private Partnerships in Prison Construction and Management
Over recent years lower income countries have shown increasing interest in the potential benefits of public private partnerships in the prison field. This paper opens with a brief survey of the history of prison privatization, a description of the...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/12/18662900/public-private-partnerships-prison-construction-management http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16995 |
| Summary: | Over recent years lower income countries
have shown increasing interest in the potential benefits of
public private partnerships in the prison field. This paper
opens with a brief survey of the history of prison
privatization, a description of the various models applied
in different countries and an outline of the potential
attractions of those models. It then assesses the evidence
about whether private prisons produce value for money and
improved performance as well as analyzing their impact on
the wider prison and criminal justice system. The paper
concludes that while specific evidence from low income
countries is limited, there may be significant risks
attached to private prisons where robust legislative and
regulatory frameworks are less developed. The starting point
before the consideration of private sector involvement in
prisons must be a full analysis of the infrastructure and
processes required by a country in its criminal justice
system in order to meet international norms and standards
and contribute to development goals. Within such a
framework, community based alternatives to pre-trial
detention and short prison sentences are likely to prove
more economical and effective than prison expansion. |
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