Article: Private corrections, financial infrastructure, and transportation: the new geo-economy of shipping prisoners.

Article: Private prison blends capitalism, corrections Minnesota center where hundreds of inmates work interests Gov. Thompson
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  May 28, 1997 ;     700+ words ......among the critics when private prison industry began a decade ago. Then...The company leads the private prison industry with more than 42,500 beds...growing company in the private prison industry. Nationwide, 17 private...

Article: EDITORIAL: Oklahoma's prison industry: Private institutions taking inmates from other states.(Editorial)
Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK);  December 3, 2006 ;     700+ words ......new industry -- a 1,000-bed private prison. Spavinaw citizens were told...prisons wants to expand. If a private prison were built at Spavinaw, it would...larger prisons in light of the private prison crisis. Preliminary estimates...will be pressure to feed the private ...

Article: Rule of law and the limits of sovereignty: The private prison in jurisprudential perspective
The American Criminal Law Review;  January 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......notable in the re-emergence of the private prison. At present, about 120,000 men, women...criticism. Instead, critiques of the private prison tend to focus narrowly on the institution...exclusion of any sustained focus on the private prison's implications for the changing ...

Article: Private Prison Proposed For Florence, Colorado.
Rocky Mountain Construction;  April 10, 2006 ;     276 words ......further west in Canon City. Now, a private prison could be added to the mix if city officials...initially supported construction of a private prison by MTC of Utah, said that the company...interested in building a 3,000-bed private prison that would contract the beds to the...

Article: Private Prison Companies Spend Little Campaign Money in Mississippi.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  May 1, 2002 ;     333 words ......JACKSON. Miss.--Private-prison companies gave...Influence: The Private Prison Industry and Political...South, claims that prison-industry contributions...benefactor of prison industry contributions...

Article: PRIVATE PRISON
Wyoming Tribune-Eagle;  September 7, 2001 ;     483 words ......officials last week to build a private prison/treatment center here - - as long...of dollars against allowing a private prison to come into this state. There are some advantages to a private prison. One is that the prison operator...

Article: VIC: Private prison attacked as wasteful
AAP General News (Australia);  January 6, 1999 ;     308 words ......News (Australia) 01-06-1999 VIC: Private prison attacked as wasteful MELBOURNE, Jan 6 AAP - Building a new private prison to cope with increasing numbers...Premier Jeff Kennett has said a new private prison may have to be built to cope...

Article: Private prison measure criticized.
Journal-World (Lawrence, Kansas);  March 8, 2007 ;     307 words ......against a proposal that would allow a private prison in the state. Making a profit on incarcerating...state to enter into a contract for a private prison. The measure is being considered by...succeeds. He said several shortfalls in a private prison bill from last year had been ...

Article: State has final say on private prison's use Doyle says building under construction can't be used without lawmakers' OK
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  May 29, 1999 ;     609 words ......lease, purchase or let others use a private prison under construction in western Wisconsin...Edmond, Okla., hopes to complete the private prison in Stanley by February and do business...position to simply avoid having the private prison there," Chvala said. "It was nearly...

Article: Pennsylvania Attorney General Fisher Says Private Prison in Clearfield County Is Illegal; Orders Company to Halt Construction.
PR Newswire;  September 2, 1999 ;     317 words ......and must cease construction of its private prison in Clearfield County. If the company...the establishment or operation of a private prison within its borders, Fisher wrote in...such authorization, the operation of a private prison in Pennsylvania is unlawful. In April...

Article: PRIVATE PRISON USE PLAGUED BY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
The Journal Record;  January 31, 1991 ;     474 words ......eliminate the need for thinking about a private prison at all. Corrections Director Gary Maynard...session was taken up with talk about a private prison. The city of Hinton in west-central...He said the one benefit he saw of a private prison was that ``the beds are on line now...

Article: Oklahoma seeks answer to the private prison dilemma.(Southwest: Trends in the Region)
The Bond Buyer;  November 25, 1997 ;     573 words ......growing animosity between the state and private prison operators. According to Holdenville...Holdenville negotiated its way out of the private prison mess, dozens of other cities and private...Cushing, Okla., also is set to sell its private prison to Nashville, Tenn.-based CCA ...

Article: Private prison to take inmates next week
The Journal Record;  May 9, 1997 ;     198 words ...CUSHING (AP) -- The town's new 960-bed private prison will begin accepting inmates next week...served as an assistant warden at a private prison in Holdenville. The Cushing prison...the prison by June 30, he said. The private prison will not receive any inmates who have...

Article: First Private Prison to Open in 2010.
The Korea Times (Seoul, Korea);  March 12, 2008 ;     277 words ......Tae-jong Staff Reporter The nation's first private prison will open in Yeoju, Gyeonggi Province...The concept of the establishment of a private prison here came about in 1995, encouraged...said. The bill for the foundation of a private prison was passed in 1999 after four years...