This reader introduces the student to prison management. Particular interest is given the increased role of profit in the application of punishment. Profit and prison privatization are viewed within their larger context. As such, public and private prison operations are compared. Part of this comparison takes place through situating each sector upon an ideological continuum. This placement helps indicate the direction being taken by the contemporary prison. It further reveals that tomorrow's prisons may be less driven by traditional objectives and more driven by the notions of profit and efficiency.
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Curtis Blakely is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of South Alabama. Dr. Blakely has published extensively on the subjects of prisons, privatization, and correctional practice.
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Blakely's Book - Right on Target,
By Vic Bumphus, Ph.D. (Chattanooga, TN - USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: America's Prisons: The Movement Toward Profit and Privatization (Paperback)
I have recently read Blakely's America's Prisons: The Movement Toward Profit and Privatization. As a supplemental reader, instructors will find it useful in a number of courses. Perhaps the most interesting characteristic of this book is its approach to prisoner commodification and Blakely's contention that a number of traditional socially-productive objectives of the prison are being replaced by the pursuit of profit and efficiency. In approaching this topic, Blakely considers perceptions of the modern prison by both the judiciary and the print media. I know of no other published work that does this. Blakely also calls attention to additional factors associated with commercialized imprisonment that are often overlooked by other authors - particularly how current changes are effecting correctional staff. This book is timely, innovative, and thought provoking.
Vic Bumphus, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator Department of Criminal Justice University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
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With the increased popularity of "get-tough" sanctions, demand for jail and prison space is great. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
private prison sector, public sector suits, prison operators, prison privatization, prison sectors, prison operations, inmate safety, contemporary prison, private prisons, inmate labor, operated prisons, judicial statements, less eligibility, public prisons, ideological continuum, prison management, article content Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Brazoria County, Corrections Corporation of America, Filed August, Los Angeles Times, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Tulsa World, District of Columbia, Filed February, Houston Chronicle, Filed April, Santa Fe New Mexican, Allen Correctional Center, Austin American Statesman, Criminal Justice Institute, Filed November, New Mexico, Plain Dealer, Richard Jones, Washington Post, Barbara Hoberock, Commercial Appeal, Discussion Questions, Filed June, New York New!
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With the increased popularity of "get-tough" sanctions, demand for jail and prison space is great. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
private prison sector, public sector suits, prison operators, prison privatization, prison sectors, prison operations, inmate safety, contemporary prison, private prisons, inmate labor, operated prisons, judicial statements, less eligibility, public prisons, ideological continuum, prison management, article content Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Brazoria County, Corrections Corporation of America, Filed August, Los Angeles Times, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Tulsa World, District of Columbia, Filed February, Houston Chronicle, Filed April, Santa Fe New Mexican, Allen Correctional Center, Austin American Statesman, Criminal Justice Institute, Filed November, New Mexico, Plain Dealer, Richard Jones, Washington Post, Barbara Hoberock, Commercial Appeal, Discussion Questions, Filed June, New York New!
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- The Department of Justice (Know Your Government) by Lynne Dunn in Front Matter
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