ITPI Asset Privatization Guide

Our guide outlines key questions to ask about proposed asset privatization deals. Read more...

Keeping Public Libraries Public

The American Library Association recently released a checklist for communities considering the privatization of public libraries. Read more...

Private Prisons, Public Risks

ITPI and several other organizations have recently released resources that discuss the risks of prison privatization. Read more...

Protecting Local Communities

ITPI's latest backgrounder brief explores the risks related to the privatization of municipal services. Read more...

ITPI Commentary

Gov. Scott Set to Hand Florida’s Prisons to Corporate America

By Donald Cohen

Florida Gov. Rick Scott and the Republican-controlled legislature are moving fast to privatize all 29 prison facilities in 18 counties in southern Florida.

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Stop For-Profit Prisons

By David Shapiro, ACLU National Prison Project

Today, the ACLU releases Banking on Bondage: Private Prisons and Mass Incarceration, an in-depth examination of the private prison industry.The report finds that mass incarceration provides a gigantic windfall for one special interest group - the private prison industry - even as current incarceration levels harm the country as a whole.

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Case Studies

  • Chicago's Parking Meters

    In 2009, the City of Chicago leased its parking meters to a private firm for 75 years, giving the company rights to all revenue generated by the meters. Parking rates immediately soared and meters malfunctioned, causing an uproar from local residents and businesses.

  • Felton Water System

    Facing repeated rate increases of up to 78%, residents of the small town of Felton, California, organized to buy back their water system from a subsidiary of a huge German corporation.

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