In
this May 2001 study, Amy Hanauer and Michael Hallett find that Ohio's
experiment
with prison privatization is failing. Among the major findings of
the report is that easy-to-manage inmates with dramatically fewer medical,
disciplinary, and mental health needs have been targeted to private prisons
in the state, allowing them to artificially cut costs. Selective
Celling also details the troubled history of private prisons in Ohio,
cataloging escapes, injuries, murders, inadequate medical treatment, security
lapses, cost overruns, high levels of staff turnover, and contract violations.
Executive Summary
Full
Report
Easy-to-manage Inmates Targeted to Private Prisons
Youngstown Business
Journal, May 9, 01
