Prison Profiteers: Who Makes Money from Mass Incarceration
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Publishing Details
Prison Profiteers: Who Makes Money from Mass Incarceration
By (Author) Paul Wright
Edited by Tara J. Herival
The New Press
The New Press
11th August 2009
United Kingdom
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
365
Physical Properties
Hardback
352
Width 14mm, Height 21mm
547g
Description
Locking up 2.3 million people is not cheap. Each year the American government spends 185 billion tax dollars to ensure that one out of every 137 Americans is imprisoned. Prison Proifiteers looks at the private prison companies, investment banks, churches, guard unions, medical corporations and other industries and individuals that benefit from mass imprisonment.
Reviews
"Lucid, eye-opening." "Publishers Weekly"
"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"
"Impressive. . . . A thoughtful, comprehensive and accessible analysis of the money trail behind the prison-industrial complex." —Blackcommentator.com
"Lucid, eye-opening." "Publishers Weekly"
"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"
"Impressive. . . . A thoughtful, comprehensive and accessible analysis of the money trail behind the prison-industrial complex." —Blackcommentator.com
Author Bio
Tara Herivel is an attorney in Oregon. She is a co-editor, with Paul Wright, of "Prison Profiteers: Who Makes Money from Mass Incarceration" (The New Press) and a co-author, also with Paul Wright, of "Prison Nation: The Warehousing of America's Poor." She lives in Portland, Oregon.
Paul Wright is the founder and editor of "Prison Legal News." He is a co-editor, with Tara Herivel, of "Prison Profiteers: Who Makes Money from Mass Incarceration" (The New Press) and a co-author, also with Tara Herivel, of "Prison Nation: The Warehousing of America's Poor." Wright is the founder and executive director of the Human Rights Defense Center and a winner of the National Lawyers Guild Arthur Kinoy Award. He lives in Lake Worth, Florida.
