Prison industry
The term prison industry refers to the operation of prisons by private companies for a fee .
The first prisons in the Netherlands and Germany were run by private entrepreneurs. Later, prisons were considered unproductive. A modern, for-profit prison industry has been established since the 1980s. Starting out in the USA, companies like CoreCivic (CCA) and Geo Group (WCC) have increasingly opened up the international market. Non-prison companies like Serco (UK) and Sodexo (France) have now started to get involved in this business. So far, apart from the USA, profit-oriented prison operations have been operated mainly in Great Britain, Ontario / Canada, Australia, Chile and South Africa. In Germany, the legal provisions prevent the privatization of prisons. A first attempt at "partial privatization" has been made with the Hünfeld prison (Hessen). The correctional facility in Offenburg (Baden-Württemberg) as well as the prison in Burg (Saxony-Anhalt) are now partially privatized.
literature
- Andrew Coyle, Allison Campbell, Rodney Neufeld (Eds.): Capitalist Punishment. Prison Privatization & Human Rights. Clarity Press, London 2003.
- Article of the world: Prison AG (2005)
- Harald Neuber: A Captivating Business (2006)