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Prison, inc : a convict exposes life inside a private prison / K.C. Carceral ; edited by Thomas J. Bernard.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Carceral, K. C.
Contributor:
Bernard, Thomas J.
Series:
Alternative criminology series.
Alternative criminology series
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Prisons--United States--Case studies.
Prisons.
Corrections--Contracting out--United States--Case studies.
Corrections.
Prisoners--United States--Biography.
Prisoners.
Carceral, K. C.
Physical Description:
xvii, 247 p.
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
New York : New York University Press, c2006.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Prison, Inc. provides a first-hand account of life behind bars in a controversial new type of prison facility: the private prison. These for-profit prisons are becoming increasingly popular as state budgets get tighter. Yet as privatization is seen as a necessary and cost-saving measure, not much is known about how these facilities are run and whether or not they can effectively watch over this difficult and dangerous population. For the first time, Prison, Inc. provides a look inside one of these private prisons as told through the eyes of an actual inmate, K.C. Carceral who has been in the prison system for over twenty years.
Contents:
The politics of Enterprise Prison
Orientation
New prison problems
Wild wild west
Beat down crew
The zoo
Caught up
The other enemy
Gang related
Seg time
Riot
Lockdown
Aftermath
The masters
The servants
The power
Factors contributing to violence and its control.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-239).
ISBN:
0-8147-7243-9
1-4294-1510-X
OCLC:
76964409

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