I believe it was a mistake to allow private companies to manage prisons, but even here there is a distinction: prisoners are in a controlled environment, whereas policing is the interaction between the authority of the state and citizens free in their movements, occupations, leisure and desires.
Gen Miller ran Guantánamo for 18 months until last April, then going on to manage prisons in Iraq.
"Certainly there are no European governments sending delegations to learn from us about how to manage prisons".
Too bad, because making responsible inmates partners in managing prison problems has worked extremely well in the Louisiana State Penitentiary, where the warden and sub-wardens have, for decades, regularly met with inmate leaders to discuss problems.
Maybe the Code once managed prison's savage elements, but some men weaponize it and wield it to maintain their influence.
On New Year's Day in Manaus, a sprawling port city on the banks of the Amazon River, the homegrown syndicate Familia do Norte (FDN) executed 56 inmates at a privately managed prison outside town.
In the Public Interest, a non-profit that tracks privatization, plans to roll out a legislative agenda on Tuesday, pushing for transparency and accountability laws where outsourcing is under consideration for services that include managing prison systems, transit systems and water authorities.
Preferential treatment Improvements in prison management began at the beginning of the 1990s, before the advent of privately managed prisons, and have continued since then.
Managing prisons is a difficult and highly skilled task that requires adequate resourcing, and a stable policy environment.
Serco provides services for private industry and public agencies; it manages prisons, operates hospitals and trains military helicopter pilots.
