Foster, James (2014) Lessening the Economic Impact of Incarceration: Privatize, Reinvest, or Realign in Mississippi? Undergraduate thesis, under the direction of Richard Gershon from Law, The University of Mississippi.
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The purpose of this thesis is to examine how private prisons, justice reinvestment, and public safety realignment are currently being implemented in the United States to lessen the economic impact of incarceration and determine which, if any, would work best in Mississippi. Several methods were used in this study, including a comparison of operational costs between state and private prisons, regression analysis to test the effect of Drug Courts on drug-related admissions, and an investigation on capacity levels in county, state, and private prisons. The conclusions drawn from this study demonstrate the pros and cons of private prisons currently operating in Mississippi, the benefits of Drug Courts as a cost-saving mechanism, and how realigning state-level prisoners into county facilities is not a viable option in this state.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Undergraduate) |
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| Creators: | Foster, James |
| Student's Degree Program(s): | Economics |
| Thesis Advisor: | Richard Gershon |
| Thesis Advisor's Department: | Law |
| Institution: | The University of Mississippi |
| Subjects: | K Law > K Law (General) |
| Depositing User: | James Foster |
| Date Deposited: | 01 May 2014 16:08 |
| Last Modified: | 01 May 2014 16:08 |
| URI: | http://thesis.honors.olemiss.edu/id/eprint/50 |
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