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Activism
Xavier University Not With Our Money Campaign
Articles
Private Prisons, Private Prisons: Profits of Crime, Privatization of Prison Medical Services Challenge, Reach Out and Gouge Someone, Special Report on Wisconsin Inmates in Out-of-Stat, Steel Town Lockdown, The Big (Empty) House, The Prison-Industrial Complex, The Ties that Bind
Organizations
Association of Correction Officers Against Privati, Citizens Against Private Prisons (CAPP), Privatize Our Prisons (PROP)
Reports
Florida Monitor: Cost of Public and Private Prison, Koch Crime Institute: Prison Privatization, Private and Public Prisons, Private Prisons Succeed, Privatizing Iowa's Prisons
Research
Prison Privatization Research by Dr. Charles H. Lo
AFSCME Corrections United (ACU): Private Prisons W
Collection links of publications, statutes, and Internet resources, organized by a correction labor union.
AFSCME Corrections: Privatization
Public employee union's site advocating the cessation and reversal of prison privatization.
Cashing in on Criminality: Private Prisons, Corpor
Prospectus explores evidence that substantiates prison privatization as a growing phenomenon in the United States.
Committee to End the Marion Lockdown (CEML): Priva
Collection of interesting articles, skeptical of public costs and private profits.
Competitive Corrections Research Project
Aims to explore and evaluate the role of the private sector in corrections. Features news and publications.
Corporate Corrections? Frequently Asked Questions
Adrian Moore, director of economic studies at the Reason Public Policy Institute, gives an introduction and gives the surrounding controversy.
Prison Privatisation Report International (PPRI)
PPRI reports 6 times per year on global developments in the privatisation of prisons, detention centres and other elements of the criminal justice system.
Private Jails and Prisons: Correctional Officers R
Jerry Hawley, correctional consultant and retiree from the Oregon Public Safety Academy, discusses and publishes opinions, and Internet resources.
Private Prisons for Dummies: Paul's Justice P
An introduction to the actions of the Corrections Corporation of America.
Private Prisons Information Action Kit
Essays on why to oppose privatisation, published by the People's Justice Alliance, of Australia.
Privatization Database: Corrections
An analysis of trends, practices, research findings and cost savings potential of privatized prisons.
Privatization of Prisons: The Public Policy Debate
Looks at the rise of privatization, assesses the pros and cons, decision making, implementation and evaluation of current facilities with references.
Privatization Watch
News, reports and resources on prison privatization; focus on Florida.
The Prison Industry
Features include editorials and reports on the private prison system.