Focus on Rehabilitation, Re-entry Services to Help Lower Prison Recidivism
The Orange County Register The jury is still out on how well California’s Public Safety Realignment is performing at improving public safety and reducing recidivism.The 2011 realignment plan devolved...
View ArticleArizona Prison Cost Claims are Questionable
The Republic is correct that there’s “no universally accepted method when comparing private and state-run prison costs.” So why did it unquestioningly endorse the claim that private prisons are...
View ArticleDevelopments in Criminal Justice and Corrections
Annual Privatization Report 2015 This section of Reason Foundation's Annual Privatization Report 2015 provides a comprehensive overview of the latest on criminal justice reform, public-private...
View ArticlePrivatization & Government Reform Newsletter #18 (May 2015 edition)
In this issue:PRIVATIZATION: Annual Privatization Report 2015STATE GOV: Reviewing the Past Year in State PrivatizationFEDERAL GOV: Reviewing the Past Year in Federal PrivatizationTRANSPORTATION:...
View ArticleAnnual Privatization Report 2015
Now in its 28th year of publication, Reason Foundation's Annual Privatization Report is the world's longest running and most comprehensive report on privatization news, developments and trends.Annual...
View ArticlePrivatization & Government Reform Newsletter #21 (October 2015 edition)
In this issue:LOCAL GOV: Cities Continue Recovery, But Fiscal Headwinds LoomPENSIONS: Setting Pension Fund Discount RatesEDUCATION: Student-Based Budgeting Helps PrincipalsCRIMINAL JUSTICE: Banning...
View ArticlePrivatization & Government Reform Newsletter #21 (October 2015 edition)
The October 2015 edition of the Privatization & Government Reform Newsletter is now online. Topics covered in this issue include:LOCAL GOV: Cities Continue Recovery, But Fiscal Headwinds...
View ArticlePrivatization & Government Reform Newsletter #22 (January 2016 edition)
In this issue:BUDGETS: GAO Report Suggests Improved State, Local Fiscal ForecastAVIATION: FAA Report Underscores Need for ATC ReformPENSIONS: Retirement Security and the DB/DC DebateEDUCATION: Casting...
View ArticlePrivatization & Government Reform Newsletter #22 (January 2016 edition)
The January 2016 edition of the Privatization & Government Reform Newsletter is now online. Topics covered in this issue include:BUDGETS:GAO Report Suggests Improved State, Local Fiscal...
View ArticleThe Future of Private Prisons in Arizona Corrections
Morrison Institute for Public Policy A confluence of national and local factors has led some observers to question whether or not privately operated prisons should have an ongoing role in Arizona's...
View ArticlePrivatization & Government Reform Newsletter #26 (August 2016 edition)
In this issue:SOCIAL FINANCE: Pay for Success Contracting PrimerTRANSPORTATION: Transportation Finance, Airports, HighwaysEDUCATION: Trends in School Choice, Charters, Funding PortabilityPRIVATIZATION:...
View ArticlePrivatization & Government Reform Newsletter #26 (August 2016 edition)
The August 2016 edition of the Privatization & Government Reform Newsletter is now online. Topics covered in this issue include:SOCIAL FINANCE: Pay for Success Contracting PrimerTRANSPORTATION:...
View ArticleAnnual Privatization Report 2016
Now in its 29th year of publication, Reason Foundation's Annual Privatization Report is the world's longest running and most comprehensive report on privatization news, developments and trends.Annual...
View ArticleDevelopments in Criminal Justice and Corrections
Annual Privatization Report 2016 This section of Reason Foundation's Annual Privatization Report 2016 provides a comprehensive overview of the latest on criminal justice reform, public-private...
View ArticlePrivatization & Government Reform Newsletter #29 (January 2017 edition)
In this issue:INFRASTRUCTURE: Federal Barriers to Private Infrastructure InvestmentCONTRACTING: Making the Federal Government CompeteSTATE GOV: Reviewing the Past Year in State PrivatizationPENSIONS:...
View ArticlePrivatization & Government Reform Newsletter #29 (January 2017 edition)
The January 2017 edition of the Privatization & Government Reform Newsletter is now online. Topics covered in this issue include:INFRASTRUCTURE: Federal Barriers to Private Infrastructure...
View ArticleExamining the Inspector General's Report on Private Prisons
In February 2017, United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memorandum rescinding an August 2016 March memorandum calling for the federal Bureau of Prisons to phase out, and eventually end,...
View ArticlePrivatization & Government Reform Newsletter #30 (March 2017 edition)
In this issue:PRIVATIZATION: Executive Order Could Increase Competitive SourcingAVIATION: Trump Budget Proposes Shifting Air Traffic Control to NonprofitTRANSPORTATION: Is America's Infrastructure...
View ArticlePrivatization & Government Reform Newsletter Excerpt
The March 2017 edition of the Privatization & Government Reform Newsletter is now online. Topics covered in this issue include:PRIVATIZATION: Executive Order Could Increase Competitive...
View ArticleFor Bureau of Prisons, Continuing Prison Contracting Makes More Sense Than...
In February, Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded an August 2016 policy memorandum penned by then–Assistant Attorney General Sally Q. Yates, which called for phasing out the use of private prisons...
View ArticlePrivate Prisons are Helping California and Can Be Used to Reduce Prison...
Orange County Register Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently rescinded a Department of Justice memo issued last fall that had called on the Bureau of Prisons to phase out its use of private prisons....
View ArticleNYCERS's Divestment from Private Prisons is Misguided
New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer recently announced that the city’s Employee Retirement System (NYCERS) would be the first major public pension system in the U.S. to divest from private...
View ArticleKansas Audit Offers Flawed Comparative Financing Analysis for Prison Replacement
Public-private partnerships, when used (PPPs) to finance and build public infrastructure assets, provide additional financing tools and project delivery mechanisms beyond traditional public financing....
View ArticleNew Zealand's Recidivism-Focused Private Prison Contracts a Model for States
While criminal justice reform advocates have long looked to transform incarceration to an experience that leaves released prisoners capable of living a productive, crime-free life, state prisons in the...
View ArticleAnnual Privatization Report 2017
Now in its 30th year of publication, Reason Foundation's Annual Privatization Report is the world's longest running and most comprehensive report on privatization news, developments and trends.Annual...
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