dc.contributor.author	Dowling, Randall
dc.coverage.spatial	Georgia	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2021-08-31T17:45:26Z
dc.date.available	2021-08-31T17:45:26Z
dc.date.issued	2021-05
dc.identifier.other	9B0B035A-3D7F-0C88-46A7-B59D6C5ACD85	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10428/5005
dc.description.abstract	The Georgia prison system has a lack of inmate bed space and must outsource their excess inmates to 21 local option county correctional institutions and four private prisons located throughout the state under contractual arrangements. Host county governments receive a supplemental unpaid inmate labor force to perform public work. Inmates in private prisons do not work outside the prison walls. Private for-profit prison services corporations can easily determine their financial success through profit and loss statements but Georgia county governments and their correctional institutions do not have these types of financial documents and their financial success is difficult to ascertain. The objective of this research project was to explore the 21 county correctional institutions to understand them in greater detail, determine if their operations were financially successful, educate decision makers and the public about this obscure and unique method of incarceration, and perhaps develop a theory regarding operating these types of correctional facilities. A qualitative multiple case study was conducted of the 21 county correctional institutions through review of public documents and telephone interviews with their wardens and finance officials. The participation rate from the wardens was 100%. The major findings were all the studied county correctional institutions experienced significant annual losses when audited revenues were compared to audited expenses except for one. But when cost avoidance was factored in of not having to hire additional county employees or contractors to perform the work that inmates perform, all the counties experienced a significant “profit.” Hosting and operating an optional county correctional institution brings significant financial benefits to the host county as well as the state. Keywords: Outsourcing state inmates, Outsourcing public services, Georgia prison system, County correctional institutions, Resource dependence theory, Public finance	en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents	Chapter I: INTRODUCTION 1 -- Project Overview 2 -- Historical Perspective of the Georgia Prison System 2 -- Convict Lease System 4 -- Chain Gangs and County Work Camps 5 -- Growth of Georgia's Prison System 8 -- State Prisons 14 -- County Correctional Institutions 14 -- Private Prisons 16 -- Georgia's Use of Resource Dependence Theory and Outsourcing 17 -- Problem Statement 19 -- Purpose Statement 20 -- Research Questions 22 -- Significance of the Study 22 -- Chapter II: LITERATURE REVIEW 24 -- Resource Dependence Theory 24 Strategic Managerial Actions 26 -- Theory Issues and Concerns 29 -- Theory Application 30 -- Outsourcing Public Services in General 30 -- Evolution of Outsourcing Public Services 33 -- Opponents of Outsourcing Public Services 40 -- Principal-Agent Issues of Outsourcing Public Services 43 -- Results of Outsourcing Public Services – A Mixed Bag 44 -- Outsourcing Public Services and Decision Making 44 -- Outsourcing Government Inmates in Particular 46 -- Evolution of Outsourcing Government Inmates 47 -- Pros and Cons of Outsourcing Government Inmates 51 -- The Private Sector Begins to House Government Inmates 52 -- Results of Outsourcing Government Inmates – A Mixed Bag 57 -- Opponents of Outsourcing Government Inmates 60 -- Chapter Summary 62 -- Chapter III: METHODOLOGY 64 -- Research Approach and Design 65 -- Role of the Researcher 67 -- Data Collection Method 69 -- Data Recording 70 -- Data Analysis 72 -- Verification of Validity and Reliability of the Findings 72 -- Ethical Considerations 73 -- Limitations 75 -- Chapter Summary 76 -- Chapter IV: FINDINGS/DISCUSSION 78 -- Demographic Characteristics of Counties that Host Correctional Institutions 79 -- Correctional Institutions' Wardens 82 -- Facility Attributes 83 -- Use of Inmates 91 -- Financial Performance 94 -- Summary of Findings as Compared to the Research Questions -- and Literature Review 98 -- Generalization of Results and Theory Development 101 -- Chapter Summary 104 -- Chapter V: CONCLUSION 106 -- REFERENCES 111 -- APPENDIX A: Listing of State Prisons, County Correctional Institutions, and -- Private Prisons 127 -- APPENDIX B: Map of State Prisons, County Correctional Institutions, and -- Private Prisons 130 -- APPENDIX C: Utilization Rates of State Prisons, County Correctional Institutions, -- and Private Prisons 132 -- APPENDIX D: Interview Questionnaire/Data Recording Instrument 134 -- APPENDIX E: Institutional Review Board Exemption Form 141 -- APPENDIX F: Informed Consent Statement 143 -- APPENDIX G: Demographic Characteristics of Counties Data Set 145 -- APPENDIX H: Correctional Institutions' Warden Data Set 148 -- APPENDIX I: Facility Attributes Data Set 150 -- APPENDIX J: Use of Inmates Data Set 152 -- APPENDIX K: Correctional Institutions' (CI) Financial Performance Data Set 154	en_US
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dc.rights	This dissertation is protected by the Copyright Laws of the United States (Public Law 94-553, revised in 1976). Consistent with fair use as defined in the Copyright Laws, brief quotations from this material are allowed with proper acknowledgement. Use of the materials for financial gain with the author's expressed written permissions is not allowed.	en_US
dc.subject	Contracting out	en_US
dc.subject	Convict labor	en_US
dc.subject	Dissertations, Academic--United States	en_US
dc.subject	Finance, Public--U.S. states	en_US
dc.subject	Georgia	en_US
dc.subject	Prisons	en_US
dc.title	A Case Study of Georgia’s 21 County Correctional Institutions	en_US
dc.type	Dissertation	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Department of Political Science of the College of Humanities & Social Sciences	en_US
dc.description.advisor	Prine, Rudy
dc.description.committee	Martin, Joseph
dc.description.committee	Yehl, Robert Sherman
dc.description.degree	D.P.A.	en_US
dc.description.major	Public Administration	en_US