Challenging the Constitutionality of Private Prisons: Insights from Israel

<p><span>In</span><span>&nbsp;2009, the Supreme Court of Israel deemed private prisons&nbsp;</span><span>unconstitu</span><span>tionally invalid after the proposal of a single facility.&nbsp;</span><span>Though the&nbsp;</span><span>United States and Israel share democratic and constitutional princi</span><span>ples, the legal treatment of prison privatization widely diverges. To&nbsp;</span><span>explain this paradox, Part I begins with a description of the&nbsp;</span><span>private prison industry in the United States, followed by&nbsp;</span><span>pertinent economic and political conflicts of interest (Part II). Part&nbsp;</span><span>III examines the foundational constitutional principles of the non-</span><span>delegation doctrine and the social contract in the United States, and&nbsp;</span><span>Part IV presents a comparative analysis of those principles in the&nbsp;</span><span><span>Israeli Supreme Court decision,&nbsp;</span></span><i>A</i><i><span><span>cademic Center of Law and Business&nbsp;</span><span>v. Minister of Finance</span></span></i><span><span><span>.</span></span></span></p> <p></p>