Prison, Inc. : a Convict Exposes Life Inside a Private Prison.

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Prison, Inc. provides a first-hand account of life behind bars in a controversial new type of prison facility: the private prison. These for-profit prisons are becoming increasingly popular as state budgets get tighter. Yet as privatization is seen as a necessary and cost-saving measure, not much is...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Carceral, K. C.
Otros Autores: Bernard, Thomas J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2005.
Colección:Alternative criminology series.
Temas:
Carceral, K. C.
Prisons > United States > Case studies.
Corrections > Contracting out > United States > Case studies.
Prisoners > United States > Biography.
Prisons > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Prisonniers > États-Unis > Biographies.
Services correctionnels > Impartition > États-Unis > Études de cas.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Corrections > Contracting out
Prisoners
Prisons
United States
Biographies
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Prison, Inc. provides a first-hand account of life behind bars in a controversial new type of prison facility: the private prison. These for-profit prisons are becoming increasingly popular as state budgets get tighter. Yet as privatization is seen as a necessary and cost-saving measure, not much is known about how these facilities are run and whether or not they can effectively watch over this difficult and dangerous population. For the first time, Prison, Inc. provides a look inside one of these private prisons as told through the eyes of an actual inmate, K.C. Carceral who has been in the p.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (268 pages)
ISBN:9780814772430
0814772439

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