Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : The New Press, 2009
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DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (352 pages)
ISBN/ISSN
9781595586650 MWT11836163, 1595586652 11836163
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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
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