concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: private prisons

corrections
type: Concept
narrower: private prisons

private prisons
type: Concept
broader: corrections
definition: Private prisons are detention places where control of those who have been sentenced is awarded or contracted out to a nongovernmental entity (i.e., private company). At least two situations may be at play with private prisons. [Source: Encyclopedia of Criminal Justice Ethics; Prisons, Private]