Prison Profiteers: Who Makes Money from Mass Incarceration

Herivel, Tara [Editor]; Wright, Paul [Editor];

ISBN 10: 1595584544 / ISBN 13: 9781595584540

Published by The New Press, 2009

Seller Inventory # 1595584544-4-35450661

Synopsis:

Follows the astonishing trail from prison administrators to politicians working in collusion to maximise profits from the prison system. From investment banks, taser gun manufacturers, telephone companies, health care providers and the US military, this network of perversely motivated interests has turned imprisonment into a lucrative business. An essential read for those interested in the criminal justice system, this incisive and deftly researched volume shows how billions of dollars of public money line the pockets of private enterprises.

About the Author: Tara Herivel is an attorney in Oregon. She is a co-editor, with Paul Wright, ofPrison Profiteers: Who Makes Money from Mass Incarceration (The New Press) and a co-author, also with Paul Wright, ofPrison Nation: The Warehousing of America’s Poor. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

Paul Wright is the founder and editor of Prison Legal News. He is a co-editor, with Tara Herivel, ofPrison Profiteers: Who Makes Money from Mass Incarceration (The New Press) and a co-author, also with Tara Herivel, ofPrison Nation: The Warehousing of America’s Poor. Wright is the founder and executive director of the Human Rights Defense Center and a winner of the National Lawyers Guild Arthur Kinoy Award. He lives in Lake Worth, Florida.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Prison Profiteers: Who Makes Money from Mass...
Publisher: The New Press
Publication Date: 2009
Binding: paperback
Condition: Fair