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menu show menu Home About Facilities Data Charts by Management Organization Data Charts by Geographic Location Data Charts by Gender Data Charts by Security Type Research Resources Contact Association of Private Correctional & Treatment Organizations The best place to find information on a broad array of correctional and treatment services offered in the United States and around the world. Cost Savings Taxpayers can enjoy significant savings by utilizing public-private correctional partnerships to design, finance, build, and operate prisons, jails, community corrections facilities, and juvenile justice programs. These savings are derived from a variety of benefits offered by privatization and are documented by numerous independent research studies. Quality Service Providing safe, secure, and humane care and custody for offenders is the most critical requirement of any public-private correctional partnership. Saving money at the expense of quality of service provides no value to the taxpayer. Many facts and independent studies document the high level of service provided by the private sector. Accountability Taxpayers, through local, state, and federal contracting agencies should demand the highest possible quality of operations at the lowest possible cost, and they should have recourse if standards are not met. Public-Private Correctional Partnerships ensure that the private operator of a particular facility is held accountable to a much higher degree than are publicly-operated facilities. Why Contract With Private Companies A Partnership in Corrections that Works A Partnership in Corrections that Works. Cost How do companies save governments money in corrections? Programming What rehabilitation and education programming do offenders receive in contractor-operated facilities? Sentencing Who are private companies accountable to and who determines the length of an offender's sentence? Training What training do companies provide to correctional officers? Safety What safety and security standards must contractors meet? Search For Research papers, resources and publications Webpage URL Search For Facilities Webpage URL...