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Modernization of the Prison System: Collaboration by the Private Sector

NCJ Number
152814
Date Published
1994
Length
115 pages
Annotation
This text presents actual text reports from a seminar held in Chile in April of 1994 on the collaboration of the private business sector in corrections modernization and better rehabilitation of inmates.
Abstract
Texts of speeches are presented from private sector industrialists and government and correctional officials. The seminar concluded by suggesting a joint effort to identify, prepare, and evaluate prison infrastructure projects in Chile. Specific suggestions were also made for improvement of inmate rehabilitation in cooperation with the Chilean correctional officer organization and included charts and graphs on the cost and benefits of these revisions in prison management and rehabilitation efforts. 6 tables and 6 graphs