Tough stretch (US prison industry)
Article Type: Abstracts From: Human Resource Management International Digest, Volume 18, Issue 7
HansenF. Reference:Workforce Management (USA), May 2010, Vol. 89 No. 5,Start page: 18, No. of pages: 5
Describes how the Corrections Corporation of America, the largest private contractor in the prisons Industry in the USA, handles human resource management. Discusses the nature of prison work and the workforce that does it,pointing out that most are high-turnover, low-paid non-exempt workers who carry out production and non-supervisory tasks in very difficult and stressful environments. Explains the Corporation’s human resource structure and practices, focusing, in particular, on its staffing practices. An inset outlines the human resource model used by AlliedBarton Security Services, the third largest US security guards firm. ISSN: 1092-8332 Reference: 39AN640
Keywords: Human resource management, Prisons, United States of America
