POLSCI 2C03 Lecture 9: L9-Prison Industrial Complex
17 May 2017
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De nition: prison industrial complex: network of public and private interest that divert public funding into activities that increase corporate pro ts either in the absence of any compelling public purpose of after public achieved. Notion of a prison industrial complex is borrowed from other research of stripping stuff into the private hands. Build things much larger than the state can. About taking resources out of the public and putting them in private hands (private prisons) Spending on prisons and jails have increased at 3 times in the us than education. 7 states spends more money on incarcerating people then higher education. The argument is becoming that these muslims are bad people. Friday, march 24, 2017: thinking it is an incredible economic activity for a community, held a public competition in ontario who wanted these facilities. !2: cost effective: penetenguishing but in terms of prison outcomes was better with.
