Law in Contemporary Society

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 Society needs to be skeptical of the growth of prison-industrial-complex because it is a threat to public values and individual rights. Between 1987 and 2001, the number of inmates confined to private corrections facilities in the US rose from approximately 3,000 to 123,000 inmates, a 4,000% increase. During the same period, the total inmate population grew from 3.5 million inmates to a staggering 6.5 million inmates. Profiteering from the incarceration of human beings provides an incentive for prison officials to extend the term of prisoners. Prison privatization, particularly in the District of Columbia, corrupts justice, compromises the legitimacy of the criminal justice system, and inflicts added punishment on prisoners.

  • This paragraph, and apparently the essay as a whole, identify "private prisons" and the "prison-industrial complex." It's not clear why. The contractors who build and supply prisons don't care whether the prison is privately managed, and the unions are stronger in publicly-managed prisons. So the public/private distinction is pretty much a diversion.

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