Information brief comparing costs of public and private prisons, released by the Florida Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability.

Identification and recommendations of potential cost effective measures related to the privatization of services or facilities, including food service, medical care, design, construction, and management of an entire facility.

U.S. General Accounting Office report combining studies from California, Tennessee, Washington, Texas, and New Mexico comparing operational costs and/or quality of service.

Brief 1996 analysis by the National Center for Policy Analysis based on testimony by Charles W. Thomas in 1995.

Policy study published by the Public Interest Institute in January 2003 examines the potential for privatizing the state's prisons. [pdf format]