"incurred more safety and security incidents per capita than comparable [federal Bureau of Prisons] institutions." Investigators found contract prisons had a higher rate of assaults, a higher number of contraband cell phones and numerous safety and security deficiencies.


The use of privately operated correctional institutes for federal prisoners began about a decade ago, as the inmate population boomed. In its peak, the bureau housed some 15 percent of its population, or about 30,cheap jordans Coldplay singer Chris Martin,cheap jordans free shipping,000 inmates,jordans for cheap, in privately operated prisons. After changes to sentencing guidelines and other initiatives, the inmate population is declining. Today,cheap real jordans,cheap jordans online cheap jordans online,cheap jordans for sale, there are about 195,000 inmates in both government-run and private federal prisons, down from a peak of 220,000.


"This decline in the prison population means that we can better allocate our resources to ensure that inmates are in the safest facilities and receiving the best rehabilitative services -- services that increase their chances of becoming contributing