Duk da haka, 1980s ya gabatar da wani sabon zamanin kurkuku privatization. Tare da burgewa kurkuku yawan sakamakon War on kwayoyi da kuma kara yin amfani da incarceration, kurkuku overcrowding da kuma kara halin kaka ya zama ƙara matsala ga gida, jihar, da kuma gwamnatin tarayya. A mayar da martani ga wannan fadada laifi shari'a tsarin, masu zaman kansu kasuwanci bukatun ga wata dama na fadada, kuma a sakamakon haka, masu zaman kansu-kasuwanci hannu a kurkuku koma daga sauki kwangila na ayyuka zuwa kwangila ga cikakken management da kuma aiki na dukan zamani kurkuku.
masu zaman kansu na kurkuku