The Environment of private prisons Private prisons and private profit The political climate of prison privatization

The environment of private prisons / A history of private prisons / Local, state, and federal prison privatization / An overview and profile of private prisons / The U.S. experience in prison privatization / The globalization of private prisons / Government and market pathologies of privatization : the case of prison privatization / Private prisons and freedom of access to information : community benefit and taxpayer's right to know / Private prisons and recidivism / Private detention centers : implications for policy / Private prisons and juvenile facilities / Private prisons and community corrections / Private prisons and the growth of prison populations

A market primer / Prison for profit : the political and economic implications of private prisons / Private prisons, profits, and public interest / Understanding the business models and financing of private prisons / Private prisons and labor economics : implications for public policy / The corrections-commercial complex : a high-stakes, low-risk business / Private prisons and health care : the social implications / The political economy of prison privatization / Private prisons as economic development : evidence and implications for public policy / Comparing public and private prisons : the trade-offs of privatization / Speculative prisons : an analysis / Phoning home : prison telecommunications in a deregulatory age / Prison privatization : exporting and importing prisoners

The political climate of prison privatization / The effect of privatization on public and private prison lobbies / The high cost of profit : racism, classism, and interests against prison privatization / Privatized prisons and indemnification : a revisit to Richardson v. McKnight / Private prisons and qualified immunity / The prison doors swing both ways : elite deviance and the maintenance and expansion of the market of prison-industrial complex / Private prisons as a response to the "second ghetto" / Grassroots efforts against private prisons / Constitutional implications of private prisons / A comparative analysis of educational realities in state and private prisons / Performance measures and private prisons / Private prisons and contracts / Projecting the future of private prisons