RT Article
T1 Did the Prison Industrial Complex Deliver on Its Promise?: Prison Proliferation and Employment in Rural America
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 64
IS 1
SP 229
OP 247
A1 Zhang, Yiwen
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/188217500X
AB Two concurrent phenomena emerged in rural America in the 1970s: job losses due to deindustrialization and prison proliferation relating to mass incarceration. While supporters of the prison industrial complex promised an economic lifeline for rural America, opponents questioned the economic benefits of prison openings. Using county fixed-effects models and data covering 1960-2000, this study reveals a null association between prison openings and total rural employment. While prison proliferation marginally increased government employment, it simultaneously had a negative impact on private employment. Specifically, prison openings were associated with decreased employment in manufacturing, finance and recreational services; and had no impact on jobs in construction, wholesale, and local retail sales. Thus, the promises of employment growth relating to prisons were, overall, not kept.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 245-247
K1 Mass Incarceration
K1 prison industrial complex
K1 prison proliferation
K1 rural employment
DO 10.1093/bjc/azad011