What Are The Pros And Cons Of Privatization

Correctional areas such as probation and parole have also experienced privatization. Most of the states reasons for privatizing were due to staffing and resources were not keeping pace with increasing caseloads. Community supervision officials felt they have exhausted the use of interns and volunteers, and obtaining funding for new staff was not possible. As a result, some of the states partnered with the private sector to monitor the low-risk offender population, a group that generally has few needs, whose past records reflect little or no violence. These low-risk offenders successfully complete community supervision about 90 percent of the time (Alarid, 2015).

One of the pros with the use of private probation in the supervision of offenders