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Prison profiteers : who makes money from mass incarceration / edited by Tara Herivel and Paul Wright.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prison industries--Corrupt practices--United States.
- Prison industries.
- Corrections--Contracting out--United States.
- Corrections.
- Imprisonment--United States--Finance.
- Imprisonment.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (346 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In Prison Profiteers, co-editors Tara Herivel and Paul Wright ?follow the money to an astonishing constellation of prison administrators and politicians working in collusion with private parties to maximize profits" (Publishers Weekly). From investment banks, guard unions, and the makers of Taser stun guns to health care providers, telephone companies, and the U.S. military (which relies heavily on prison labor), this network of perversely motivated interests has turned the imprisonment of one out of every 135 Americans into a lucrative business.Called ?an essential
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; Part I; Part II; Part III; Author's Note; Acknowledgments; Contributors; About Prison Legal News; Notes; Permissions
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-323).
- ISBN:
- 9781595586650
- 1595586652
- OCLC:
- 662259012
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