Alaska's Citizens Lock Out Private Prisons


 

Publication Date: November 2008

Publisher: National Institute on Money in State Politics (U.S.)

Author(s): Linda Casey

Research Area: Justice; Politics

Keywords: private; prisons

Type: Report

Coverage: Alaska

Abstract:

Since the mid-1990s - through six legislative sessions and three gubernatorial administrations - Alaska's lawmakers have made more than a half dozen attempts to privatize prisons. These attempts have met with unfavorable public opinion. To date, the strength of public opposition has prevailed, and all private prison proposals have been defeated.