1. The Privatization and
Reengineering of the Delaware
Correctional Center to Improve
Staff Retention and Prison
Safety
By
David Dunnington

2. Summary
 DCC Staffing problem
 Prison Privatization
 Reengineering

3. Problem Statement
 DCC has been in a staffing crisis since for
six years due to poor retention rates and
prison expansion. The purpose of this
research is to identify whether or not
privatization and reengineering of DCC will
resolve staffing issues.

4. Research Question
 How would privatization and reengineering
of DCC affect employee retention rates?

5. Subset Questions
 How does prison design affect employee
stress?
 How will privatization affect the
performance of prison staff?

6. Definitions
 All of the terms and conditions used in this
proposal are presented in a manner
consistent with their generally accepted
definition or context.

7. Hypothesis
 If DCC was privatized and reengineered in
a manner that was favorable to the
comfort of its employees retention rates
would improve dramatically.

8. Rationale
 Currently DCC employs approximately five
hundred employees. These employees are
unmotivated, resistant to change, and
despise innovation.
 July 12, 2004

9. Rationale
 This research will investigate the ability of
a private corrections firm to assume
responsibility for the operations of DCC.

10. Rationale
 This will include the replacement of the
existing staff and complete redesign of
DCC to enable safe and efficient inmate
management.

11. Literature Review Summary
 Privatization
 Reengineering
 Staff Retention

12. Methodology
 The research conduct will be qualitative in
nature and will examine empirical data of
private correctional agencies and their
public counterparts.