A Brief Note On Academic And Professional Communications

CORRECTIONS IN AMERICA CJ526: Academic and Professional Communications in Public Safety Kaplan University Author: Jerry Dembrosky Professor: David A White, Ph.D., M.P.A., CFE Date: December 7, 2015 Abstract The idea of privatized corrections in America has been around since around the 1980’s; this was due largely in part because of the financial burdens faced by both federal and state run facilities, however, as the privatization of correctional facilities became more prevalent, so too did instances of corruption. As more federal and state run institutions became privatized there was a marked increase in numbers of those incarcerated as well as a push for more stringent sentencing of those convicted of committing a crime. This has†¦show more content†¦Corrections in America: Overview The idea that the private sector has to some extent been involved with correctional facilities is by no means a new concept; though this was not the case prior to the 1980’s. Due to the federal governments â€Å"war on drugs†, particularly during the late seventies and early eighties the nation’s prisons saw a sharp increase in prisoner population. This sharp rise in pop ulation had a significant impact on the costs associated with maintaining the facilities now needed to hold the ever rising population of new criminals. This influx of persons sentenced to prison had further implications as overcrowding now became problematic for federal, state, and local correctional facilities as well (The Sentencing Project, 2004). The solution; or so it would seem, would be to set about privatizing correctional facilities as a means to both save money and possibly cut down on overcrowding as newer facilities were in the works. The first of these privatized facilities would come about in 1984 in Hamilton County Tennessee when the CCA won the contract (Corrections, n.d.). Following this initial success CCA would seek to expand and would offer two hundred million dollars