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Description:A meticulous, unprecedented, and often shocking exposé of who profits from mass incarceration, culminating in a compelling case for abolitionBased on years of research by the criminal justice organization Worth Rises—best known for campaigns that have revolutionized prison telecom and made prison and jail communication free in cities and states around the country—The Prison Industry maps the range of ways in which private corporations, often with their government partners, make money off our grossly overincarcerated prison population. It further details the extraction of wealth from incarcerated people and their families, who have been brutalized by overpolicing, mass criminalization, mass incarceration, and mass surveillance.Chapters on labor, telecom, healthcare, community corrections, and more explore the origin story of privatization for each sector and how much money is in it for the corporations involved. Stretching far beyond private prisons to look at all the sectors that benefit from incarceration, the authors illuminate the methods used to extract resources from public coffers and communities, which corporations are most active and how they partner with governments, and the harms these profit-based approaches to justice cause people, families, and communities.Ultimately, The Prison Industry makes a compelling case for prison abolition and serves as a tool for the dismantling and destruction of this wholly oppressive system—the ashes of which we can use to create a better world built on care, not cages.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits. To get started finding The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: A meticulous, unprecedented, and often shocking exposé of who profits from mass incarceration, culminating in a compelling case for abolitionBased on years of research by the criminal justice organization Worth Rises—best known for campaigns that have revolutionized prison telecom and made prison and jail communication free in cities and states around the country—The Prison Industry maps the range of ways in which private corporations, often with their government partners, make money off our grossly overincarcerated prison population. It further details the extraction of wealth from incarcerated people and their families, who have been brutalized by overpolicing, mass criminalization, mass incarceration, and mass surveillance.Chapters on labor, telecom, healthcare, community corrections, and more explore the origin story of privatization for each sector and how much money is in it for the corporations involved. Stretching far beyond private prisons to look at all the sectors that benefit from incarceration, the authors illuminate the methods used to extract resources from public coffers and communities, which corporations are most active and how they partner with governments, and the harms these profit-based approaches to justice cause people, families, and communities.Ultimately, The Prison Industry makes a compelling case for prison abolition and serves as a tool for the dismantling and destruction of this wholly oppressive system—the ashes of which we can use to create a better world built on care, not cages.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits. To get started finding The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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