Document Type
Article
Abstract
The resurgence of private prisons during the 1980s has caused a lot of debate. If a private firm can run a prison more efficiently than the government, the government should allow privatization. Factors such as cost, quality of service, competition and liability must be examined in order to determine whether a private prison is more efficient than a public prison.
Publication Date
Spring 2002
Journal Title
Major Themes in Economics
Volume
4
Issue
1
First Page
97
Last Page
114
Copyright
©2002 by Major Themes in Economics
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Swanson, Megan
(2002)
"The Private Prison Debate: A Look into the Efficiency of Private Prisons vs. Public Prisons,"
Major Themes in Economics, 4, 97-114.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mtie/vol4/iss1/7