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Call for Papers: The International Prison Privatization Experience: A Transatlantic and Transpacific Dialogue, Houston, TX, August 6-8, 2009

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

The International Prison Privatization Experience: A Transatlantic and Transpacific Dialogue, Houston, TX, August 6-8, 2009 Call for Papers The Barbara Jordan Institute for Policy Research, the BJ-ML School of Public Affairs Administration of Justice Department, and Justice Strategies will convene the first international conference on prison privatization. The conference will highlight the inimical impact these prisons are having on women, minorities, and the poor. Scholars will explore alternative economic development strategies to sustain rural communities before they turn to prisons?private or public. Papers should investigate comparative aspects of prison privatization and grassroots initiatives geared toward reducing prison privatization...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on February 03, 2009 (boomark / email).