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Prison Profiteers

Who Makes Money from Mass Incarceration

By: Tara Herivel (Editor), Paul Wright (Editor)

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Paperback | 5 May 2009 | Edition Number 1

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"No country in history has ever handed over so many inmates to private corporations. This book looks at the consequences" (Eric Schlosser, bestselling author of Fast Food Nation).

In Prison Profiteers, coeditors 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 US military (which relies heavily on prison labor), this network of perversely motivated interests has turned the imprisonment of 1 out of every 135 Americans into a lucrative business.

Called "an essential read for anyone who wants to understand what's gone wrong with criminal justice in the United States" by ACLU National Prison Project director Elizabeth Alexander, this incisive and deftly researched volume shows how billions of tax dollars designated for the public good end up lining the pockets of those private enterprises dedicated to keeping prisons packed.

"An important analysis of a troubling social trend" that is sure to inform and outrage any concerned citizen, Prison Profiteers reframes the conversation by exposing those who stand to profit from the imprisonment of millions of Americans (Booklist).

"Indispensable . . . An easy and accessible read-and a necessary one." -The San Diego Union-Tribune

"This is lucid, eye-opening reading for anyone interested in American justice." -Publishers Weekly

"Impressive . . . A thoughtful, comprehensive and accessible analysis of the money trail behind the prison-industrial-complex." -The Black Commentator

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Non-Fiction Accounting & Finance Finance Sociology & Anthropology Social Services & Welfare Crime & Criminology Penology & Punishment Prisons Industry & Industrial Studies Business & Management

Introduction	p. ix
The Political Economy of Prisons
Banking on the Prison Boom	p. 3
Million-Dollar Blocks: The Neighborhood Costs of America's Prison Boom	p. 27
Doing Borrowed Time: The High Cost of Backdoor Prison Finance	p. 36
Making the "Bad Guy" Pay: Growing Use of Cost Shifting as an Economic Sanction	p. 52
Prisons, Politics, and the Census	p. 80
Don't Build It Here: The Hype Versus the Reality of Prisons and Local Employment	p. 90
The Cultural Commodification of Prisons	p. 98
The Private Prison Industry
Prison Labor Fuels American War Machine	p. 109
On the Inside with the American Correctional Association	p. 119
Jails for Jesus	p. 128
Florida's Private Prison Industry Corporation Under Siege	p. 141
Making Out Like Bandits
Behind Closed Doors: Privatized Prisons for Youth	p. 157
Sick on the Inside: Correctional HMOs and the Coming Prison Plague	p. 179
Private Health Care in Jails Can Be a Death Sentence	p. 204
The Riot Academy: Guards Stage Mock Prison Riots to Test the Latest High-Tech Gear	p. 228
Mapping the Prison Telephone Industry	p. 235
Shocked and Stunned: The Growing Use of Tasers	p. 250
For-Profit Transportation Companies: Taking Prisoners and the Public for a Ride	p. 265
Author's Note	p. 285
Acknowledgments	p. 287
Contributors	p. 289
About PLN	p. 296
Notes	p. 297
Permissions	p. 324
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