The Company Store and the Literally Captive Market: Consumer Law in Prisons and Jails

The growth of public expense associated with mass incarceration has led many carceral systems to push certain costs onto the people who are under correctional supervision. In the case of prisons and jails, this frequently takes the form of charges and fees associated with telecommunications, food, b...

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1. VerfasserIn: Raher, Stephen (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2020
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