Public Safety
Prison and parole systems in America should keep Americans safe and responsibly use taxpayer dollars. With incentives and accountability for the system, we can build that system and improve results.
Strengthening our institutions from the bottom up
America’s prison and parole systems are intended to keep Americans safe. However, the U.S. has both the highest violent crime rate and the highest incarceration rate in the world. Despite significant spending, correctional bureaucracies are clearly failing to deliver. Taxpayers deserve both accountability and safety.
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Oklahoma should overhaul how private correctional facilities are selected, operated
Recently, Gov. Kevin Stitt questioned the performance of correctional facilities operated by GEO Group, a multibillion-dollar private company that owns and manages prisons across the United States. Nationwide, private prisons have failed to make a compelling case that they are better or even cheaper than public alternatives, and a growing number of states, such as Arizona and Idaho, have canceled some of their contracts.
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