Prison, Inc

Carceral, K. C. ; Bernard, Thomas J.

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Author
Carceral, K. C. ; Bernard, Thomas J.
Publish Date
2005-12-01
Subtitle
A Convict Exposes Life Inside a Private Prison
Book Type
Hardcover
Number of Pages
268
Publisher Name
5046
ISBN-10
081479954X
ISBN-13
9780814799543
citemno
255152
Subject
Sociology
SKU
9780814799543

Description

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 prison system for over twenty years.