Jail Breaks: Economic Development Subsidies Given to Private Prisons

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Author(s)

• Mattera, Philip
• Khan, Mafruza

Source(s)

• Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Good Jobs First (Washington, DC)

Sponsor(s)

• Open Society Institute-New York. After Prison Initiative (New York, NY)

Details

Published 2001. 88 pages.

Related Topics

• Facility contracting (Administration)
• Facility contracting (Facilities)
• Prisons (Offender Management)
• Subsidy program

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