How can people tell the difference between a partnership prison and a publicly operated one?
To the untrained eye, partnership prisons look like public prisons. Like government prisons, they are securely built and staffed by highly trained professionals. And like government prisons, they are governed by strict rules regulating the fair and humane treatment of inmates. Partnership prisons, however, are able to deliver the same effectiveness and quality of service to taxpayers much more cost effectively by using design innovations, training, services and rehabilitation treatment offerings that often far exceed those of government-run prisons. Additionally, CCA facilities are newer, cleaner, stronger and more secure. While some correctional agencies are still using government prisons that were built from the early 1800s to the turn of the 20th century, CCA’s facilities are newly designed and built, and kept up to date with the latest security technologies and innovations. To succeed, we have to be even better, more advanced and more cost effective than government prisons. It’s a
