Competition for Prisons: Public or Private?
Author:   Julian Le Vay
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
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9781447313229


Pages:   332
Publication Date:   16 December 2015
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Julian Le Vay
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
Imprint:   Policy Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9781447313229


ISBN 10:   1447313224
Pages:   332
Publication Date:   16 December 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Origins; Development; Part 1: Immigration: two sectors, no competition; Evolution: juvenile custody; Part 2: Electronic monitoring: the Fall of Giants; The quasi-market: characteristics and operation; Comparing public and private sector services; Comparing quality of service; Part 3: Four prisons in trouble; Costing the uncostable (1): pensions; Costing the uncostable (2) : PFI; Comparing cost; Impact on the public sector; Opposition on principle; Part four: Probation: how not to do it; Conclusions.

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This is an intelligent, challenging, analysis demonstrating very clearly what has been lost - in terms of making prisons more effective and more humane, by the abandonment of competition. Much the best history of the period I've read. Sir Martin Narey, First CEO of National Offender Management Service and adviser to the Secretary of State for Justice; A fascinating book relevant to all interested in politics. Its superb analysis of the development of private sector prisons provides an excellent case-study demonstrating the weaknesses of our political system. Philip Wheatley CB, former Director-General of the National Offender Management Service and former Director-General of HM Prison Service.


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Julian Le Vay was Finance Director of HM Prison Service for five years, responsible for competitions to build and run prisons, then Director for Competition in the National Offender Management Service. Later he worked for two companies providing criminal justice services to Government. He is well placed to write about competition, having worked at different times on both sides of the fence.

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