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DOJ BJS: Private prisons dominated recent prison construction growth but provide fewer services

Thanks to Doc Berman for pointing out the newly released national Census of State and Federal Corrections Facilities from the Bureau of Justice Statistics at the Department of Justice, which provides a number of interesting insights into 21st century prison expansion and practices. The census basically covers the first half of the decade, comparing data between June 30, 2000, and December 30, 2005. Let's run through some highlights. (All quotes are from the report - pdf)For starters, governments aren't building prisons much any more, but corporations are. "Private correctional facilities (up 151) accounted for nearly all of the increase in the number of adult correctional facilities between June 30, 2000, and December 30, 2005. Most of the growth in private correctional facilities during this period was in facilities under contract to the Federal Bureau of Prisons...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on October 03, 2008 (boomark / email).