RT Article
T1 The hidden subsidies of rural prisons: Race, space and the politics of cumulative disadvantage
JF Punishment & society
VO 19
IS 4
SP 393
OP 416
A1 Walker, Hannah L.
A2 Thorpe, Rebecca U.
A2 Anderson, John-Paul
A2 Christensen, Emily K.
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1743172958
AB This paper links the rise of a punitive punishment regime that disproportionately targets poor, urban minorities and the increasing use of rural spaces to warehouse prisoners. Preliminary evidence from a unique dataset across three states suggests that housing large, institutionalized prison populations inflates population counts in otherwise shrinking rural areas and operates as a hidden subsidy for rural counties with prison infrastructure. Prisons contribute to the immediate economic viability of predominantly white, lower class rural areas, despite devastating costs borne elsewhere.
K1 Criminal Justice
K1 Political Economy
K1 Rural prisons
DO 10.1177/1462474516660694