Overview

Prison privatization is rapidly spreading in many Western countries as governments seek to manage burgeoning prison populations within the constraints of a neo-liberal political agenda. But how is public well-being served when prisons are run for pofit? This volume discusses privatization in its historical and ideological context, and in relation to United nations standards and rules. It examines the adverse effects of private prisons on physical and sexual abuse, health care, education, training and rehabilitation, as corporations seek to maximize profits and describes the impact of cost-cutting on prison staff, paying special attention to the effect on women, children and minorities. It also offers a glimpse into the transnational spread of privatized incarceration, as developing nations, bound by IMF restrictions, are forced into the hands of transnational corporations to the detriment of local alternatives.

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Author:   Rodney Neufeld ,  Andrew Coyle ,  Allison Campbell ,  Nigel Rodley
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Zed Books Ltd
Weight:   0.350kg
ISBN:  

9781842772911

ISBN 10:   1842772910
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   01 April 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction - Andrew Coyle, Alison Campbell and Rodney Neufeld 1. The Rise of the Prison Industrial Complex in the United States - Phillip J. Wood 2. Privatized Problems: For-Profit Incarceration in Trouble - Christian Parenti 3. The Problem of Prison Privatization: The US Experience - Jeff Sinden 4. Juvenile Crime Pays - But at What Cost? - Alex Friedmann 5. Lack of Correctional Services - Judith Greene 6. Private Prisons and Health Care: The HMO from Hell - Elizabeth Alexander 7. International Law and the Privatization of Juvenile Justice - Mark Erik Hecht and Donna Habsha 8. Prison Privatization: The Arrested Development of African Americans - Monique W. Morris 9. Prison Privatization and Women - Katherine van Wormer 10 Incarceration of Native Americans and Private Prisons - Frank Smith 11. The Use of Privatized Detention Centers for Asylum Seekers in Australia and the UK - Bente Molenaar and Rodney Neufeld 12. Worker Rights in Private Prisons - Joshua Miller 13. Get Tough Efficiency: Human Rights, Correctional Restructuring and Prison Privatization in Ontario, Canada - Dawn Moore, Kellie Leclerc Burton and Kelly Hannah-Moffat 14. Prison Privatization in the United Kingdom - Stephen Nathan 15. Prison Privatization Developments in South Africa - Julie Berg 16. Private Prisons: Emerging and Transformative Economies - Stephen Nathan 17. Women Prisoners as Customers: Counting the Costs of the Privately Managed Metropolitan Women's Correctional Centre: Australia - Amanda George Conclusion - Andrew Coyle

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DR ANDREW COYLE is the director of the International Centre for Prison Studies, King's College, London, and managing editor of Punishment and Society. He is the former governor of a number of prisons in the UK and has visited prison systems in many countries as a consultant for the United Nations and the Council of Europe. RODNEY NEUFELD is research associate at the Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge. The CONTRIBUTORS are specialist writers and activists on human rights and prison privatization.

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