Criminal: How Lockup Quotas and "Low-Crime Taxes" Guarantee Profits for Private Prison Corporations
Publication Date:
9/19/2013
This report discusses the use of prison bed
occupancy guarantee clauses in prison privatization contracts and
explores how bed occupancy guarantees undermine criminal justice policy
and democratic, accountable government. The report sheds light on the
for-profit private prison industry’s reliance on high prison
populations, and how these occupancy guarantee provisions directly
benefit its bottom line. Also discussed are the prevalence of bed
guarantee clauses, drawing on set of contracts that ITPI obtained
through state open records requests. We also address how occupancy
guarantees have harmed states, focusing on the experiences of Arizona,
Colorado, and Ohio — three states that have agreed to these provisions
to detrimental consequences. Lastly, the report discusses our
recommendation that governments can and should reject prison occupancy
guarantees.
Download the full report:
Share the infographic on social media:
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment