International Trends in Correctional Facilities
Private correctional facilities are gaining popularity by governments in many parts of the world. A private correctional facility (prison, detention or jail) refers to a place where individuals are physically in facilities provided by a third party or a private entity through contractual agreements with the local or national government. The government pays the private entity a monthly rate or per diem per prisoner. Privatization may also refer to take over of existing public correctional or the building of new facilities by private entities. Privatization dates back to the days of the American Revolution whereby Great Britain, US colonizers, ...
