Free Report Summary: State Corrections Term Contracts, 2012

New research shows controlling state correction costs is something governors would prefer to handle on their own. With correction costs becoming the second fastest growing line item of state budgets, governors have turned to term contracts as a method for controlling them.

Download the free abstract to gain insight into these term contract drivers:

• Keeping per-unit acquisition costs in line with inmate population
• Encouraging vendors to offer better volume discounts via longer-term contracts
• Boosting the productivity of understaffed corrections workforces through the use of IT
• Utilizing technologies that are paid for by the inmates rather than the departments to help keep costs low