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: The Justice Gambit

The Down-Side of the Prison-Industrial Complex

By Michael Blankenship

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Both property and violent crime rates continue to decline. In this context, it is interesting to note that the prison population has exploded. Now faced with declining revenues, states are scrambling to make adjustments in correctional spending.This article in the Washing Post describes the problems faced by states in closing down prisons.Read more...The prison-industrial complex is making it difficult to develop rational sentencing policy. Too many stakeholder don't want to see their source of profit (corporations that do business with prisons), overtime (correctional officers' unions), or free labor (as described in the article) disappear. But we are fast becoming a prison nation, where in out of 100 adults are incarcerated, and one in 31 adults are under some form of correctional supervision...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Justice Gambit on March 22, 2009 (boomark / email).

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