Virtual Democracy and the Prison-Industrial Complex.
Reveals that incarceration has become one of the fastest growing businesses in the U.S., generating large profits. Capacity rate of private prison firms to be profitable; Companies that contracting to employ prisoners; Disproportionate representation of people of color in the penal system.
| Published in: | Humanist Vol. 62; no. 4; pp. 9 - 12 |
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American Humanist Association
Jul/Aug2002
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| Summary: | Reveals that incarceration has become one of the fastest growing businesses in the U.S., generating large profits. Capacity rate of private prison firms to be profitable; Companies that contracting to employ prisoners; Disproportionate representation of people of color in the penal system. |
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