tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post2907536558219386102..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Privatization and the fallacy of zero fiscal notes on criminal penalty enhancementsGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-53042916719756062562010-12-29T08:51:39.952-06:002010-12-29T08:51:39.952-06:00Private prison providers sell beds the same way th...Private prison providers sell beds the same way that hotels book rooms. With a daily rate for each bed (or room) filled with a client. Their operating costs and profit margin are built into the daily rate charged. Furthermore, the lower the vacancy rate the higher their profits - so, they want as many people as possible confined. <br /><br />To use an analogy - leasing prison beds from a private provider rather providing public prison capacity is like using paper plates for every meal rather than buying a set of dishes. The initial (start up) costs are lower with paper plates but with each meal served on paper plates the cost per meal increases. With a set of dishes the per meal costs of a set of dishes declines with each meal served.<br /><br />It is important to remember that there is a public expenditure for every inmate in public or private confinement. There is no free lunch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-81640261638290548962010-12-28T10:06:03.204-06:002010-12-28T10:06:03.204-06:00The "white" states also seem to be looki...The "white" states also seem to be looking at best practices concerning criminal justice according to annual reports I've read. One might come to think that the lobbyists for private concerns are not interested in constructive ways of protecting the public, just fulfilling their contract. Am I a skeptic, you bet I am. Greed always wins over justice unless Grits shines the flashlight in their direction.Texas Mavericknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-10146097774277018392010-12-28T08:48:25.875-06:002010-12-28T08:48:25.875-06:00I don't know any stats offhand. TYC did shut d...I don't know any stats offhand. TYC did shut down its Coke County facility which was run by a private firm after some <a href="http://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2007/10/tyc-closing-coke-county-private-youth.html" rel="nofollow">scandalous revelations</a>. I believe, but am not certain, that the agency still contracts for some halfway houses. I'm sure some of the counties contract for services, but I couldn't immediately point you to details. Maybe other commenters will know a source for that info and share it with us.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-69132196305241005542010-12-28T08:34:15.580-06:002010-12-28T08:34:15.580-06:00Any statistics on juveniles who are housed in priv...Any statistics on juveniles who are housed in private correctional facilities by TYC or counties?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com