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Synopsis: The Astonishing Range Of Industries, Corporations, And Individuals Profiting From The Imprisonment Of Over 2.3 Million Americans. Positive: With The Baby Boomlet Demographics, We Foresee Increasing Demand For Juvenile [incarceration] Services. Negative: ... It Is Often Difficult To Maintain The Occupancy Rates Required For Profitability.--a Report Produced For The Private Prison Industry By Investment Analysts First Analysis Securities Corporation. Locking Up 2.3 Million People Isn't Cheap. Each Year Federal, State, And Local Governments Spend Over $185 Billion Annually In Tax Dollars To Ensure That One Out Of Every 137 Americans Is Imprisoned. Prison Profiteers Looks At The Private Prison Companies, Investment Banks, Churches, Guard Unions, Medical Corporations, And Other Industries And Individuals That Benefit From This Country's Experiment With Mass Imprisonment. It Lets Us Follow The Money From Public To Private Hands And Exposes How Monies Formerly Designated For The Public Good Are Diverted To Prisons And Their Maintenance. Find Out Where Your Tax Dollars Are Going As You Help To Bankroll The Biggest Prison Machine The World Has Ever Seen. Contributors Include: Judy

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Author

Tara Herivel and Paul Wright

Publisher

New Press, The; New Press; Distributed by Perseus Distribution

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781595581679

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Finance, Social Science

Rating

4.07 / 5 (55 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14