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The Pros And Cons Of Privatization Of Prisons

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This was a very infomative DB on the privatization of prisons. You briefly mentioned that without proper regulation in place for privatized prisons then, "detrimental side effects could surface, such as a diminished quality of service proving (to be) inefficient." I think this could be said for both public and privatized prisons. In the early years of corrections, institutions usually lacked the profesional standards, central managment, and consistency in operations that is required today. The American Correctional Association (ACA) was developed and has been "instrumental in encouraging professional development and accrediting correctinal agencies" (Seiter, 2011, p. 518). It developed the ACA Code of Ethics that was adopted in 1975 to list
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