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Are nonprofit prisons an alternative? Some experiences in the Netherlands
Author(s) -
Wassenaar Mattheus,
Gradus Raymond,
Molleman Toon
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
nonprofit management and leadership
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.844
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1542-7854
pISSN - 1048-6682
DOI - 10.1002/nml.21306
Subject(s) - outsourcing , prison , business , quality (philosophy) , public relations , criminology , marketing , political science , sociology , epistemology , philosophy
Outsourcing of detention is complex due to quality risks from incomplete contracts, the public responsibility for sentencing and execution, and related social opinions. In the Netherlands, prison services are extensively outsourced—particularly for juvenile detention and internal forensic psychiatric care—to nonprofit organizations. In the Dutch experience, we have not found differences between public and nonprofit execution with respect to the type of contract, costs, performance indicators such as escapes and violence against personnel. The Dutch experience shows that outsourcing to nonprofit organizations can be an alternative to outsourcing to private entrepreneurs.