Punishment for sale
Subtitle: private prisons, big business and the incarceration binge
By: Donna Selman and Paul Leighton.
Contributors: Leighton, Paul, 1964-
Series: Issues in crime & justice
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781442201729; 9781442201736; 9781442201743
Subjects: Corrections -- Contracting out -- United States; Prisons -- United States; Privatization -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: America's incarceration binge : the expansion of prisons, budgets and injustice; title: The big government "problem" and the Kentucky fried prison "solution"; title: The prison-industrial complex : profits, vested interests and politics; title: Confronting problems : blame prisoners and contracts then get a bailout; title: A critical look at the efficiency and overhead costs of private prisons; title: Conclusion : back to the future.