Critics of private prisons believe that they actually create an incentive for legislators to promote prison expansion because private corporations building facilities at their own expense legislators can bypass having to go to voters for the approval of bond issues to obtain the needed construction funds. ... Other important questions are: How does this private interest affect policy-making? How does the incentive to cut costs affect safety? ... Microsoft hires inmates to package software in Oregon and Washington. ...

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CHAPTER 1 Introduction The year 2000 computer issue is defined by Zetlin (1998) as "the result of a universal programming standard that records dates as six digits rather than eight, using only two digits for the year. Software that uses two-digit year fields (that is, almost all of it) will ...

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