This purpose of this study is to explore the experiences of correctional privatization in the U.S., U.K., Brazil, and Australia and suggest the way to implement correctional privatization in Korea. For this purpose, it explores the background, system and type, and current issues of correctional privatization and examines their strengths and weaknesses. By doing so, it provides Korea with a guideline for establishing effective and efficient correctional privatization strategies in Korea.

This Study deals with how the first Korean private correctional institution that is to open about three years hence from now should be operated and managed effectively. For this study, the historical trace of the privatization of corrections and the future prospects especially in the United State of America including some another advanced countries were reviewed. In addition, in order to solve the prison overcrowding problem, which is far from "UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners", the study considers whether it is appropriate or not to execute the policy options such as the privatization of corrections and the use of alternative courses to incarceration, like the system in the advanced countries, such as the U. S., the United Kingdom and the like. In this context, the purposes of this study are to evaluate the current practices of the private prison, the beginning in our country and to make some recommendations for their improvement. And also, this study aims at offering the progressive and possible policies for the future privatization of corrections in Korea.