Punishment for Sale: Private Prisons, Big Business, and the Incarceration Binge
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Punishment for Sale is the definitive modern history of private prisons, told through social, economic and political frames. The authors explore the origin of the ideas of modern privatization, the establishment of private prisons, and the efforts to keep expanding in the face of problems and bad publicity. The book provides a balanced telling of the story of private prisons and the resistance they engendered within the context of criminology, and it is intended for supplemental use in undergraduate and graduate courses in criminology, social problems, and race & ethnicity.
Tables, Figures, and BoxesIntroduction 1Pt. I The Crime "Problem" and the Free Market "Solution"1 America's Incarceration Binge: The Expansion of Prisons, Budgets, and Injustice 172 The Big Government "Problem" and the Kentucky Fried Prison "Solution" 47Pt. II Understanding the Operations of Prison, Inc.3 The Prison-Industrial Complex: Profits, Vested Interests, and Politics 774 Confronting Problems: Blame Prisoners and Contracts, Then Get A Bailout 1055 A Critical Look at the Efficiency and Overhead Costs of Private Prisons 129Conclusion: Back to the Future 159Appendix Using the Securities and Exchange Commission Website to Research Private Prisons 175References 177Index 195About the Authors 203
