Achieving sustainable cost savings is one reason governments choose to outsource the operation of prisons to private companies. Demonstrating that prisons can operate at a lower cost while maintaining quality standards can support efforts to improve efficiency in the public prison system.
We have used CV's data on prison costs, including operating costs directly attributable to individual prisons. For public prisons, this includes labour, locally incurred supplies and consumables expenses. For private prisons, this includes contract payments.