Private Corrections, Financial Infrastructure, and Transportation: The New Geo-Economy of Shipping Prisoners

A study was conducted to examine the flow of capital that supports the economic infrastructure necessary for the expansion of privatized prisons. Data were obtained from the Disclosure database, which extracts information from the Securities and Exchange Commission, and from the Web sites of several...

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Main Author: Welch, Michael 1960- (Author)
Contributors: Turner, Fatiniyah
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2007
In: Social justice
Year: 2007, Volume: 34, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 56-77
Online Access: Volltext (Publisher)
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Keywords:
Jails > Overcrowding
Free Enterprise
Prison Population
Corporate Finance
Criminal justice system > United States
Prisons > Finance
Economics
Prisons
Transport of prisoners
Private prison industry
Corrections (Criminal justice administration)
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