Abstract
A few decades of comparative studies of public vs. private prison performance have failed to give a strong edge to either sector in terms of quality. That supposed market incentives haven't delivered spectacular results is unsurprising, since, by and large, market incentives haven't been allowed to work: outcomes are rarely measured and are even more rarely made the basis of compensation, and prison providers are rarely given substantial flexibility to experiment with alternative models.
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Alexander Volokh,
Prison Accountability and Performance Measures,
63
Emory L. J.
339
(2013).
Available at:
https://scholarlycommons.law.emory.edu/elj/vol63/iss2/4