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Prison Industrial Complex And Its Interrelationships
Name Course Institution Tutor Date Urban anthropology Question 1: In Maskovsky and
Cunningham (2009), there is a relationship which exists between the politics of surveillance, the rise
of the prison complex and their interrelationships. The Bush administration was not formulated on
the basis of unifying the homeland security but it was intended to create a fragmentation in the
system which has unequal measures of the risks and security protocols which are followed. The
prison industrial complex in this system was designed in order to eliminate people who are
considered to be high profile criminals from the society. A lot of funds have been allocated to this
system which depended entirely on policing strategies and surveillance improvements in order to
help reduce the activities of terrorists. This massive investment in this sector led to the changes in
the administration and the urban fears increased as a result of increased surveillance. The connection
between urban fears, the politics of security and surveillance and the rise of prison industrial
complex is based on the changes which took place in the bush administration. According to parenti
(2000) the relationship between urban fears, the rise of the prison industrial complex and the politics
of surveillance and security are interrelated in different ways. The ways in which they are
interrelated is caused by the overlapping nature of the American cities. In order to make the
overlapping nature of the American
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Industrial Prison Complex Analysis
The economic components associated with maintaining and operating public prisons in the U.S. has
become a prominent topic in recent years. Many anti–prison activist such a Angela Y. Davis and
Ruth Wilson Gilmore contend that the involvement of private corporations and the prevailing social
ideology have contributed to the radical expansion of prisons in America. In the case of Angela Y.
Davis, she believes that the driving force behind the expansion of prisons is directly correlated to
economic incentives that arise from the creation of a cheap labor force and thus propagate her idea
of an "Industrial prison complex." In contrast, Ruth Wilson Gilmore contends that the real
underlying problems that contribute to the expansion of prisons in
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Angela Davis : The Greatest Philosopher Of All Time
Angela Davis is the greatest philosopher of all time because of her work on the "Prison–Industrial
Complex" , racism and feminism. She is a star student of 2 Marxist professors (Theodor Adorno and
Hebert Marcuse) and it shows in her continual efforts to bring about change and equality to our
prison system and day to day lives. Angela Davis has dedicated her life to the improvement of the
lives of others regardless of race, class, or country.
Born January 24, 1944 to Frank Davis and Sally Davis, a service station owner and school teacher,
Angela Yvonne Davis was eager to learn and escape her racist home town of Birmingham, Alabama.
She grew up in a big, well to do family that moved into the neighborhood called "Dynamite Hill"
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Women and minority workers are almost always payed less than a white male for the same job even
if they have the same educational background and experience. Racism and segregation keeps poor
neighborhoods poor while the money goes to suburban, white neighborhoods.
As a student in the Elizabeth Irwin High School in Greenwich Village she became interested in
socialism. She was exposed to many organizations at her school who were fighting for freedom,
equality and liberation. After graduation she was accepted into Brandeis University in Waltham,
Massachusetts. During her freshman year she had the chance to attend the Worlds Festival for Youth
and Students in Helsinki, Finland which furthered her interest in socialism and communism. During
her trip abroad she toured Paris, France, London, England and Geneva, Switzerland which gave her
an interest in foreign affairs and cultures. She was accepted at Hamilton College French Program in
her junior year and spent a year of study in France.
In France she was involved in a lot of protest rallies and political movements. While still in France
Angela found out about the bombing of a church in her hometown. Once she learned the names of
the four little girls who died, she realized they were acquaintances and family friends. The church
bombing left Angela grief stricken and angry at a world where four little girls could be taken out due
to their skin color. Back home in the United States the fight for civil rights was going
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Prison Industrial Complex: A Case Study
There are public service announcements which warn that a DUI will cost you about $10,000. Those
costs include fines, court fees, legal fees, jail costs, bail bonds, probation services, etc. Those
advertisements subtly illustrate how crime directly benefits the "prison industrial complex." That
term refers to all of the sectors which profit from a massive prison population, including law
enforcement, prisons, and the entire legal system. This system employs millions of Americans as
police officers, lawyers, judges, paralegals, parole officers, correctional officers, etc.
The prison industrial complex obviously has an incentive to keep marijuana illegal. Their strength in
numbers allows for a tremendous political influence from a large voting block with massive
lobbying power. For example, CNBC found that there are nearly 800,000 people working within the
prison industry, more than the U.S. auto industry. That figure doesn't include all of the other sectors
associated with the prison industrial complex such as lawyers, police officers, etc. The bureaucracy
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That increased to a budget of over $2.7 billion by 2013 with a staff of 11,053 employees. An
organization with such a massive infrastructure requires its leaders to project a certain image. For
example, the majority of Americans recognize that the drug war has been a failure, but that can't be
acknowledged by the DEA. Consequently, Roger Warner, author of Invisible Hand: The Marijuana
Business, had an interview with an official from the DEA who replied "yes" after being asked if he
felt that they were winning the war on drugs. Instead of verbally disagreeing, Warner tossed a dime
bag of marijuana ($10 worth) on the official's desk. He had purchased that bag hours before the
interview in the park across the street from the DEA's office in Washington,
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Military Industrial Complex : Global Issue Or Exaggerated?
Military–industrial complex: global issue or exaggerated?
On January 17, 1961, the president of the United States of America – Dwight Eisenhower – gave his
farewell speech. In this speech he addressed what he thought was a problem within the country, the
military–industrial complex. He warned the people for the increasing influence of the military
industry. Eisenhower said that military expenditure needed to be tightly controlled, whereas it
started to grow beyond it needs. He urged the people to 'accept the need for a large military
infrastructure, oppose profiteering, support international cooperation, and ensure that their chosen
representatives possessed the capability to engage in this delicate balancing act' (Janiewski 2011,
p.684). Chosen representatives should withhold military contractors to exploit the industry for
personal gains.
Economic gains should not be the reason for investments in the military, necessity should be.
Janiewski argued for example, that the Soviet superiority in missile technology was overdone to
exploit the industry domestically and was used by the Democrats in the elections. After the Korean
War the president already tried to reduce the size of the military. However, organizations like the
National Military–Industrial Conference (NMIC) and his political opponents kept advertising for
investments in the military force, whereas the first group had personal gains on this matter and the
second group used it as a way to gain political power. In
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Prison Industrial Complex ( Pic )
Prison Industrial Complex (PIC) is a term we use to depict the interests of government and industry
that utilization observation, policing, and detainment as answers for what may be, in fact, monetary,
social, and political "issues. Through its range and effect, the jail modern complex secures the
power of individuals who get their energy through racial, monetary and other auxiliary benefits by
shielding current power conveyances. It benefits government and industry, and in addition those
people who as of now hold control in our general public. There are six segments I trust add to the
PIC. The segments are criminalization, media, reconnaissance, policing, court framework, and the
detainment facilities. Criminalization is the procedure through which certain activities get to be
distinctly unlawful. Activities get to be wrongdoings simply after they have been socially or
lawfully characterized all things considered through procedures, for example, enactment, court
decisions, or institutional approaches. Thoughts regarding what is "criminal" reach out a long ways
past particular activities, be that as it may. Criminalization is additionally what happens when whole
gatherings of individuals, or of social conditions (the destitute, youth, eccentric individuals), are
focused by law requirement for reconnaissance, discipline and control. The criminalization of
vagrancy, for instance, incorporates the control of vagrants through laws that make everything from
open pee to resting
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Questions On The Prison Industrial Complex
Short Answer Response Assignment II 8–10
1. What is the prison industrial complex? In what way does it play in the existence of what Dr.
Michelle Alexander calls the New Jim Crow?
a. The Prison Industrial Complex flourished during the Reagan Administration. It was a way for
Corporate America to use cheap prison labor to make huge profits for their corporations. With 42%
of the prison population being black and only 13% of the country being African American, it's easy
to realize that the government was exploiting the black prisoners with cheap labor, no union
representation, and huge profits that did not get passed on to the prisoners. According to author
Michelle Alexander, there are more blacks in prison today than there were enslaved in 1850. This is
what she refers to as "The New Jim Crow." In her argument, she states: "In this era of
colorblindness, it was not socially permissible to use race as a tool for disfranchisement,
marginalization and discrimination" (Module 9/ Page 6).
2. Summarize the rise and fall of the movement to pass the Equal Rights Amendment. Explain the
issues and concerns of those who supported and opposed the amendment. What do you think were
the concerns raised by Phyllis Schlafly fair criticisms of the amendment?
a. Since the 1920's, women have been fighting for equal rights. Women's groups spent decades
working to pass laws that would ban gender discrimination. Finally, in 1972, the Equal Rights
Amendment was passed by Congress even though
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The Concept Of Prison Privatization
The concept of prison privatization is not new; it has its genesis as early as the 18th century.
However it has been received with mixed reviews over the effectiveness, the legality and whether or
not it has the civil rights of prisoners as a priority. More importantly is that prison privatization
profits are in direct conflict with a prosperous economy. According to Wood, (2003) the prison
industrial complex is the change in the criminal justice system due to the "rapid growth" and the
presence of private companies and their importance. Several factors have been identified as the
cause of the rise of this complex. The violence in our society and the people or entities that would
benefit from prison expansion are responsible. The prison complex consists of three concepts,
expansion, privatization, and regression. The growth took place rapidly from 1925–1939, and then
conversely a rapid decline during World War II. Again another flux occurred from the end of the war
to the beginnings of the 1960's. Wood states that potential reform during a ten year period from
1961–1972 on the part of the Democrats, resulted in a drop in the incarceration rate (Wood, 2003).
What is most interesting to note is what was taking place in the country during some of the dramatic
increases. During 1925–1939 the country suffered a major financial hit – The Great Depression.
People were out of work and food was scarce, in the 1960's the country was experiencing social
turmoil. These two
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Inside Look At The Prison Industrial Complex
Anthony Marvel
Mr. Hemery
Nonfiction
September 29, 2014
An Inside Look at the Prison–Industrial Complex
Business's that appear to be removed from the corrupt corporation of prison are ultimately
expanding the prison industrial complex. Prison incarceration has become a multi–billion dollar
industry that needs more than 2 million U.S. citizens to put into prison on any given day. This paper
will be base for explaining how the PIC works and what really goes on behind all the barbed wire
and armed guards. "The term 'Prison Industrial Complex' was first coined by either Eric Schlosser in
1998 or by Angela Davis in the same year, in order to examine the complex configuration
compromised of the US prison system, multi–national corporations, small private business and the
inmate population in the social and political economy of the 21st century United States "(Smith and
Hattery 2). The prison system today seems to be a flawed one, where the smallest offences send
people to years into either a private, state, or federal prison.
The number of privately owned prisons has grown, as has the imprisonment rate of Americans. "In
2005 more than 2.3 million Americans (or .7% of the US population) were incarcerated, in nearly
1700 state, federal, and private prisons, with many more under other forms of custodial supervision
including probation and parole"(Smith and Hattery 2). "In 1980, only 474,368 citizens in the US
were imprisoned, but in just a little over two decades, 2,042,270 people
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Prison Industrial Complex Economics And The United States
More people have been locked up in the United States than any other country. In the article "Prison
Industrial Complex Economics", it states, "the United States has approximately 6.5 million people
under the criminal justice supervision. Incarcerated rate has grown from 176 in 1973 up to 700 in
the year of 2000" (Waquant). Incarceration is a big business that feeds into drug violence, corrupted
guards, and racism in criminal justice system, taxpayer cost, and racism in the criminal system and
through privatization of prisons.
Drug violence
The United States have imprisoned many people in the country than any other due to drug wars. In
the year 2014 more than 1.5 million people were arrested for drugs. Drug offenses by itself caused
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Passing through security, there's a handoff of cocaine, heroin and electronics to prisoners' in
exchanged for thousands of dollars. Inside, guards "stash" prearranged delivered packages in
bathrooms and storage closets. Correctional officers become a middleman between inmates to their
outside contacts who provides the illegal cellphones and drugs. Many inmates trade sex with prison
guards in exchange for the illegal exports.
Some guards also are accusing of waring prisoners when prison official was preparing to search
their cells for illegal exports. In the article "Guards and inmates charged in widespread bribery and
smuggling operations", it states, "the 2013 case, an investigation uncovered smuggling operations
and personal relations between guards and inmates" (N/A).
Correctional officers could face a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for drug conspiracy and
fraudulent business dealing with inmates and other outside facilitators.
Racism in criminal justice system Racism in the criminal justice system is so concealed to where
racism contributes to massive amounts of imprisoned Black African Americans. In the United
States, the criminal justice system has created perpetuated racial harassment to African Americans
throughout history. The skin color of African American are easily targeted and criminalized.
Racial bias becomes unavoidable when civilization's image of a criminal is a BAA (Black African
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Industrial Prison Complex Research Paper
Industrial Prison Complex The industrial prison complex has divided America into two groups;
those who are oblivious to the industry and prison abolitionists who are advocating for reform or the
complete abolition of the industry. With prisons being so integrated in American society, it is hard
for oblivious citizens to see the problems with the prison industry. The media uses television shows
such as Orange is the New Black and Prison Break to normalize prisons in America. Prison
abolitionists want the industrial prison complex abolished for an array of reasons that end in true
equality for citizens. The social injustices explained earlier are reason enough to call citizens to
action against the industrial prison complex.
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By fighting police brutality and the racial discriminations described earlier in the paper, people will
also be fighting the industrial prison complex because they are connected by oppression and
discriminatory views. Many people are already protesting with movements such as the Black Lives
Matter movement, the Gay Rights movement, Women's Rights movement, etc. Protesting the
industrial prison complex will also take time; but by protesting, the media will raise awareness to
the problem and it gives abolitionists the platform to make sure their voices are being heard. There
is strength in numbers. Furthermore, with abolitionists having a platform against the industrial
prison complex, they will have support to effectively petition and get the House and Senate to pass
reform bills. With reform, prisoners will have a better chance at getting rehabilitated instead of just
being incarcerated and then released on the streets to start the cycle over again. It would be a step
closer to achieving the long–term overall goal of abolishing the industrial prison industry and
institutionalized
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The Prison Industrial Complex ( Tabibi )
Question 1. According to Angela Davis (2003a), social historian Mike Davis was the first to coin the
term prison industrial complex, in his research of the California penal system in the 1990s. The
prison industrial complex refers to the coinciding relationship between corporations, government,
correctional communities, and their collective economic interest in prison expansion and high rates
of incarceration (Davis, 2003a). That is, each of these components benefit economically from
perpetuating the notion that increasing crime rates are the causation for prison expansion. However,
scholars and activists contest this belief, stating that crime rates are decreasing, and that prison
expansion is done to increase profits through imprisonment (Davis, 2003a). In this model, criminal
justice policy, crime control and the bodies of the marginalized, are organized and managed using a
business philosophy focused solely of profitability. The term prison industrial complex is a replica
of the military industrial complex (Tabibi, 2015a). Both refer to their respective industry as
providing massive amounts of revenue in the American economy. To provide perspective and
context to the amount of money produced by the prison industry in the United States, the film
Corrections (2001) by Hunt, cites the amount as being upwards of forty billion dollars.
Corporations, elected officials, and government agents, all have an invested interest in the expansion
of the prison system (Davis, 2003a).
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Investigating The Roots Of The Prison Industrial Complex
Examining the Roots of the Prison Industrial Complex
Sydney Conlon
On July 13th, 2015, President Obama granted clemency to 46 prisoners, facing decades of prison
time for low–level non–violent drug offenses. Obama said the nation is spending too much money
on incarceration of individuals who received long sentences for relatively minor drug crimes, and so
by granting amnesty to these 46 prisoners, he hopes to push the drive towards prison reform.
This simple action gave four dozen prisoners a second chance at life. This brings Obama's
commutations to 89. Presidential clemency has always been controversial. With George Bush
commuting Scooter Libby's sentence, and Bill Clinton pardoning financier Marc Rich, the American
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Most mandatory minimum sentencing laws were written when America was in a full–fledged anti–
drug hysteria. So to fight the perceived drug menace, Ronald Reagan passed tough mandatory
minimum drug penalties, and his successor, President Bush, pushed for even harsher laws. And this
wasn't solely a republican issue either. Democrats in Congress and State Legislatures, and even Bill
Clinton pushed for these laws, and by 1994, 31 states plus Washington DC had minimum mandatory
sentencing laws for drug crimes. This didn't lower the crime rate, it simply increased prison
populations. Extremely long sentences are not a good deterrent for crime because the people
committing crimes do not think they're going to get caught, nor are they aware of the punishments
they're faced with.
Mandatory minimums didn't just "not work." They ruined lives. For instance, Kevin Ott, a prisoner
in custody of Oklahoma State Correctional Facility, was incarcerated for trafficking
methamphetamine. Ott has life without parole for three ounces of meth. Or take the case of Weldon
Angelos, a non–violent
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An Interpretation Of The Fourteenth Amendment
The 13th
*Provides us with an interpretation of the 13th amendment. –13th amendment basically abolished
slavery
*Conveys to us what the Prison Industrial Complex is –"is a term used to describe the overlapping
interests of government and industry that use surveillance, policing and imprisonment as solutions
to economic, social and political problems" (http://www.prisonabolition.org/what–is–the–prison–
industrial–complex/)
*Throughout the film DuVernay maps the journey of African Americans as they endured slavery,
segregation, then integration, and finally societal oppression; how they went from slavery to mass
incarceration.
She uses the aesthetics of sound, and lighting which are important contributors to the themes of
bondage and inequality. Slavery was our country's old economic system, therefore, when he 13th
amendment freed these people, how were they supposed to rebuild their economy. People who are
locked up in prison often provide the system with an extremely cheap source of labor. Furthermore,
those in prison are suavely people who come from poor or low income families. Yet, they are
charged high rates when talking to family members in prison. In some places, one must work and
hour and a half making minimum wage in order to have a simple 10 minute phone call with
someone in prison. Additionally, politicians throughout the 80's and 90's played a crucial role in the
development of the system which exists today. Richard Nixon's "war on drugs" is when we began
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Wages of Crime by R. T Naylor
Introduction:
Wages of Crime: Black Markets, Illegal Finance, and the Underworld Economy is a book by R. T.
Naylor based on his views of organized crime and the government's stance and involvement. Naylor
writes from a mostly democratic point of view and presents his thesis quite clearly. Naylor's thesis
in this book is that organized crime is a convenient myth handed to society by the government. In
this book Naylor sets up four important concepts: first on the black market operations of guerrilla
groups, second on the modern arms market, then on money laundering, and finally the underworld
trade in gold. Throughout the book he talks about the critique of the public perceptions of organized
crime, a discussion of anti–money laundering policies, and an analysis of terrorist financing.
Summery
At the start of his second chapter Naylor sets up the difference between the motives of insurgent
groups versus criminal groups. Naylor claims "Criminals commit economic crimes to make money."
(pg. 45) and that is where motivation ends for them. The difference between insurgent groups is,
"money is merely a tool –one that is necessary but not sufficient to achieve. Like the formally
constituted governments they challenge, insurgent groups have political programs...they have
control over armed forces, and they directly compete with the state for territory, population, and
resources." (pg. 45) A parallel economy is then created by the guerrilla groups to supply the
population with what
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America's War on Drugs
After viewing the documentary: America's War on Drugs – The Prison Industrial Complex, it is
clear that the Criminal Justice System is in desperate need of reconstruction and repair with policies
such as the mandatory minimum sentencing act which has proven to be unsuccessful and unjust in
its efforts to deter 'criminals from committing illegal acts' as seen with the increase of incarcerations
of the American people and the devastating effect it has had on those in prison and the family
members of those incarcerated.
With Canada's Prime Minister Stephan Harper and his Conservative approach to follow in our
bordering neighbors foot sets with the Safe Streets and Communities Act, and his 'get tough on
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210). But for individuals like Kemba Smith and Johnny Patillo, that did not have a previous criminal
history or those "without an extensive criminal history or record of confinement may be highly
susceptible to becoming prisonized (Griffiths, 2010, p.212 )," which depends on the individuals
personality and the amount of support they attain from family and friends and the length of their
time served. However, inmates with children are perhaps the most affected by the pains of
imprisonment as the separation and loss of contact to these children effect both the parents, children
and all loved ones close by. According to a study done by Joseph Murray (2005) titled, The effects
of imprisonment on families and children of prisoners, "imprisonment of a partner can be
emotionally devastating and practically debilitating", causing a "loss of income, social isolation,
difficulties of maintaining contact, deterioration in relationships, and extra burdens of childcare can
compound a sense of loss and hopelessness for prisoners' partners (para 7)".
Additional pains that may not be seen as serious as those listed above include; coping with the
"loneliness, boredom, and hopelessness (Griffiths, 2010, p.210)". Moreover are the pains of
imprisonment that can be seen in regards
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The Prison Industrial Complex Has Created A System Of...
The Prison Industrial Complex has created a system of force free labor that strips prisoners of their
political, economic, and social rights, ultimately relegating them to second–class citizenship, inside
and outside of the prison walls. Denying former enslaved people citizenship was essential to the
formation of the original union and hundreds of years later, America remains a nonegalitarian
society. Not only are those incarcerated barred from suffrage, as throughout much of US history for
African Americans, but they also endure legalized discrimination in housing, education, public
welfare and employment. Though there has been a change in language and people are no longer
explicitly discriminatory or prejudiced based on race, they remain so on criminality and income,
both significant indicators of race in this country. This is most evident once persons are released
from prison. Not only can they be returned to prison for the most minor infractions, like missing a
parole meeting or associating with the wrong crowd, but they also face great adversity when trying
to get back into the workforce or readjust to normal life. It is no secret that having a history of
incarceration impedes future economic success, and Pew data finds that incarceration reduced
subsequent wages by eleven percent, cut annual employment by nine weeks, and reduced yearly
earnings by forty percent (Khalek, 2001). This all in addition to the psychological harm and the
damage to family home units prisons
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The Prison Industrial Complex Feels Like A Dirty Phrase
The prison industrial complex feels like a dirty phrase, an almost unspoken taboo in this world.
However, unlike most taboos, it is an unspoken taboo. No one likes to discuss the oppresion that is
happening to a group of marginalized people. It is slavery, and unfortunately there is no other way to
phrase it. Prisoners are being put to work, for cents an hour. They are being kept in cages, the
conditions of which are atrocious, and then are let out for just enough activity and roaming time so
they do not lose their sanity, and are forced to work for a nominal wage. It is a blatant disrespect of
the rights of thousands. These men and women may have committed a crime, but the punishment
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The PIC does not only affect black bodies but all people of color, immigrants, and queer folks." This
description illustrates why the PIC needs to be a top priority for any victim of institutional
oppression. Basically any one who is not wealthy and white, and in some cases, male as well, is
bound to suffer at the hands of the American Justice system. It was a system made by white men
who chose not to consider women and people of color. Along with being the controlling
demographic, white men saw an oppurtunity to retain the 'free' labor that they decided to build this
country on. Through the Thirteenth Amendment and racism, America found itself growing on the
bodies of young black men. In an almost unbelievable process of criminalization and capitlization,
the govenrment filtered drugs into poor, black neigborhoods to spark the war on drugs which would
later result in mass incarceration fueled by the three strikes law allowing for an entire lifetime's
worth of 'free' labor in privatized federal prisons. The documentary Thirteenth states that the film
Birth of A Nation was the birth of America's effort towards criminalizing black people, and in
specifics black men. With this blockbuster prototype, that essentially grabbed the nation's attention
in frenzy. This film while gaining all
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Case Study: The Prison Industrial Complex
The Prison Industrial Complex is a system that is designed to make the maximum profit from
inmates. It takes advantage of the individuals who are placed in this system and make it difficult to
escape from it. The The Prison Industrial Complex system has been able to this with the use of
prisons, industry, and the justice system. Living in prison is far easier than living as a free
individual. While one is in prison the costs of food, clothes, and health are all covered by the prison
itself. There is no need to worry about when the next bill needs to be paid, getting up early in the
morning or late at night just to go to work, what clothes to wear for the next day, and making sure
there is enough food in the refrigerator. "In 2001, studies showed that medical costs were at about
3.3 billion, which turned to 2,625 dollars per inmate. 1.2 billion for food is simplified to 955 dollars
spent on each inmate. With 1 billion in utilities that boils down to 795 dollars for each individual
inmate. Altogether accumulating 4,375 dollars spent on each inmate in the year ... Show more
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The Marshall Project has to methods of reducing the number of incarcerated people in America. One
idea they offer is the reduction of the sentence lengths. This would allow for more inmates to be on
parole and move them to areas that they may better suit them such as community service. In
addition for those who were found guilty of more heinous crimes and suffer from mental illness,
they can be placed in mental institutions. (The Marshall Project 2015). In an article by the Stanford
Graduate School of Business they offer the methods of split sentence and pretrial. Split sentence
means putting convicted criminals on the street, while pretrial release defendants unto the streets
who may not be guilty. (Stanford Graduate School of
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The Pros And Cons Of Prison Industrial Complex
Prison Industrial Complex is government and industry interest for solving our social, economically,
and political problems by policing, imprisonment, or using surveillance. Jail are only used for short–
term sentences by local authorities and prison is used for long term sentences by state or federal
governments. Any minor thing can lead you into prison, but that should be only where major
punishments should be solved. Prison has never been a rehabilitation but a profitable punishment.
The two biggest prison companies that own more than a hundred prisons combined are Corrections
Corporation of America and The GEO Group. Private companies and state governments make deals
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There are thus real and often quite complicated connections between the deindustrialization of the
economy– a process that reached its peak during the 1980s–and the rise of mass imprisonment,
which also began to spiral during the Reagan–Bush era. However, the demand for more prisons was
represented to the public in simplistic terms. More prisons were needed because there was more
crime. Yet many scholars have demonstrated that by the time the prison construction boom began,
official crime statistics were already falling." Angela Y. Davis, Are Prisons Obsolete?" I believe that
they are other ways to make a profit. Medical expenses, education, jobs are not free on both side but
both make a profit. I believe that prison should be the last resort of punishment when rehabilitation
has not made any change. When the people you arrest correlate with the amount of income then
making the community safe is no longer your goal. To find people to arrest you must go to areas that
you believe have no hope. This is like whites going to Africa and picking people out again because
the fall into their horrific stereotypes. This later makes a a huge cycle that they take your father and
label him as a criminal, so your mother now has given birth to mini
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The Prison Industrial Complex
The Prison Industrial Complex (PIC) is an organization which over the past few decades has grown
tremendously in the United States. This political cartoon showcases how our societies are
transitioning from dependence on the Public Education system to the dependence on the Prison
Industrial Complex and how the people who are funding these corporate businesses are less focused
on bettering of the community but are primarily money hungry. My close analysis of this image
reveals how the prison industrial complex negatively affects our communities yet is beneficial to the
people and corporations who operate them. This image has two heavy set white males with their
mouths wide open in suit and ties. The suit and ties are black and white inferring to me that they are
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There is a conveyor belt going from the mouth of the public education businessman with the "sorry,
no funds" nametag to the prison industrial complex businessman with the "welcome" nametag. The
font on the nametag for the public education says "sorry" in small italicized letters while the "no
funds" is in dark, bold, big letters. The font on the prison industrial complex nametag is bod, dark,
letters say "welcome". The font on the nametags infers to me that the public education businessmen
aren't sorry for not having funds. The people who are on this conveyor belt are lacking individual
identity. The use of the conveyor belt signaled to me that the businessmen are transporting these
people in bulk and at a constant rate. Also, I assume that the people who are on this conveyor belt
are lacking identity because these businessmen aren't viewing them as people
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The Growing Prison Industrial Complex
The growing Prison Industrial Complex is an intricate web of profit–maximizing business endeavors
at the expense of the livelihood of people of color in the continental United States and abroad. With
immigration from Mexico and Latin America increasing each year and definitions of who is "legal"
becoming more constricting as the Obama administration cracking down on illegal border crossing,
undocumented immigrants are the fastest growing prison population.
This research projects aims to look how migrant detention centers are growing under the Obama
Administration and how privatization affects their ability to provide adequate and safe conditions
for those under their care. Journal articles, academic writings, and narrative books have been used as
a foundation for this research paper. Both public and private interests have found ways to profit
from detaining migrant workers and have even gone as far to manipulate policy in order to ensure
their facilities remain full. These tactics have had profound affects on Latino communities and have
resulted in a plethora of physical, sexual, and mental abuse claims from detainees. The United States
has come a long way from accepting "huddled masses yearning to breathe free". Especially since
such masses, with the collapse of several U.S. instituted governments in Central and South
American happened to be primarily non–white people who can generate profit for the ever–
expanding prison industry. In 2013, 990,553 people granted
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Prison Industrial Complex In Prison
Most of us probably don't give jail much thought but with a rapid rise in the prison population, we
probably should.
PIC or Prison–Industrial Complex is the term used to reflect the rising prison population in the US
and other countries. Yes, even here in Canada.
It's interesting to note that the US has more people behind bars than China. A country with 5 times
the population yet America is considered "the land of the free".
The majority of people in jail are Black or Hispanic. Also interesting to note: US federal law cracks
the whip down on the possession of rock–cocaine (crack). Less than 2 ounces will get you 10 years
in prison. Possess 500 grams of cocaine powder you only get 5 years. That's almost 18 ounces yet
the sentence is less.
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In the US, a first time offense with possession of any amount of marijuana gets you a misdemeanor,
1 year in jail and a $1000 fine...for weed!
So now that we know the system is racist and ridiculous, we now need to understand something
else.
In 2013, there were 133,000 state and federal prisoners confined in privately owned prisons in the
US. Hmm, privately owned. What are they doing in there? Sounds like business to me.
The fact is, it very much is a business. Just to give you an idea, the prison industry raked in 5 billion
dollars in 2011. It's starting to make sense now why these prison sentences are unreasonable and
designed to pick off minorities. I mean after all, the prison industry can't run itself. It needs
employees. What better way to make money than by forcing people to work for next to nothing?
Want to know who's benefiting?
IBM
Revlon
Honeywell
Microsoft
AT&T
There are many more companies benefiting from this slave labor. I'm not saying people in jail
shouldn't do their time but going to jail isn't just about going to jail, it's all about filling the wallets
of major
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Essay On Prison Industrial Complex
Homework #7
Some people may not know what a Prison Industrial Complex is. The official google definition for it
is The term "prison–industrial complex" (PIC) is used to attribute the rapid expansion of the US
inmate population to the political influence of private prison companies and businesses that supply
goods and services to government prison agencies. Prison systems make money off the prisoners.
The more prisoners they have more money they make. Prisons are private institutions. Prisoners get
charged per day for phone calls and things and they also work for free. Prisons should be banned
because instead of it being a correctional facility it is a business that makes money over inmates.
African Americans play a huge role in one of the mass ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
People with low social statuses are probably more likely to commit crimes. There is no guidance in
black communities, there is no people to tell them someone to not do something, We are in the right
positions according to them, they want us to break the law so they can arrest us and incarcerate us
and make us work for free. The school to prison pipeline is something serious. Students that fight ,
get put out of class, and sent to the principal office are probably more likely to go from school to
prison and its just ridiculous how easy it is for someone else to follow in that person's footsteps.
They want us to believe that committing crimes is cool just because you are from an area that is low
in the social class. If you look on social media all you see is " Free this person " and " free that
person " and it's ridiculous because that is just what the Prison and law systems want. I know there
are a couple of lawyers that have the motive to try and get black people committed. I don't know his
name but he says black people killed his parents so I guess that he is trying to get
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Prison Industrial Complex
Thesis Statement– In the modern world there has been a large increase of prisoners that are put
away because of their race,gender and because companies want them. When a robbery goes down
and theres three suspects the black male or person of color is the first to be taken into custody.
Females are often blamed for raising their kids in a place where they are on welfare. Companies buy
prisons so they can get profit off of them without giving a lot in return. In the Prison Industrial
Complex there a lot of components that are used to put people away. Introduction– In our modern
world there has been someone or someones who have come up with an idea. This idea is to make
prisoners do work for free. These same persons have taken advantage of the ... Show more content
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Prisons run by the government are often in violation of human rights. The largest U.S. private
owned prison,Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) has claimed 54,944 beds in 68 buildings
that are in development in the U.S., Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom, and Australia. The global
trend for CCA is giving more women public punishment and they just opened up a women's
prison.This company calls California the "new frontier." The second largest Prison company,
Wackenhut Corrections Corporation (WCC) also claimed contracts to manage 46 facilities in North
America, U.K., and Australia. All 46 buildings put toger hold a sum of 30,424 beds. At this very
moment the stocks of both CCA and WCC are off the charts.Just one year from 1996 and CCA
made $169 million more from their normal amout of $293 million and its net profit grew from $30.9
million to $53.9 million. WCC raised $72 million from last years (1996) $138 million in just one
year
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Sowing Weapons Of War Essay
Weapons often seem as a necessity when it comes to defense, whether it be self defense or the
defense of peace and freedom. In the United States' war with Iraq, there have been a reported one
hundred sixty–five thousand Iraqi civilians were killed between 2003 and 2015. All too often,
civilians find themselves victim to war violence.
In 1995, The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops issued an article written by the National
Conference of Bishops titled Sowing Weapons of War: A Pastoral Reflection on the Arms Trade and
Landmines. The article explores the issues and effects of war weapons. The National conference of
bishops refers to the arms trade as a scandal and is greatly condemned because the purchasing and
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The issues regarding the arms trade discussed in Sowing Weapons of War include the free market in
arms, moral responsibility, policies for curbing the trade, and the banning of landmines. Regarding
the free market in arms, the Unites States' activity in the trade has increased dramatically since the
Cold War and this increase has led to an increase in lives lost in third world countries due to
violence. As a supplier of war weapons, the United States has a moral responsibility to ensure that
they follow the process for a legitimate trade. The trade is legitimate if it promotes legitimate
defense or follows the principle of sufficiency. However, even though there are instances where the
trade can be justified, measures should be taken to curb the trade. Strict controls in the United States
as well as internationally can curb the trade; as well as finding nonmilitary ways to protect jobs.
Landmines claim the lives of civilians every week; measures need to be take internationally to
reduce the number of landmines hidden across the world. In conclusion, weapons of war take the
lives of several people everyday, but it does not have to remain this way as there are many steps that
the country and the world can take to put an end to the illegitimate
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Modern World 's Highest Incarceration Rate
The United States often describes itself as a noble power, often placing itself and other countries as
protectors of the modern world, and an international force. A major issue arises in this model theory
when a certain statistic is mentioned, and that is the fact that the U.S. only has 4.4 percent of the
total world population, but accounts for 22 percent of the world's prisoners (Tsai, "U.S. Has World's
Highest Incarceration Rate"). The self–proclaimed U.S. model, actually consists of injustice and
inequality, and a diversion from true rehabilitation and fair punishment, that is all distracted by the
prison industrial complex, politics, and profits. This mass incarceration, and the "prison–industrial
complex" causes the U.S. to ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
The mass incarceration of part of the U.S population is propelled mainly by the practices of
politicians with regards to business. This is justified as legal by politicians stating they are trying to
do what is best for the people by being "tough on crime". By making the statement that they are
being tough on crime, politicians typically earn public support while supporting private companies
in terms of detention. Another justification that is used is the statement of leading the war on drugs
by creating harsh punishments for drug offenders. One fact that shows how irrational harsh
punishment for everyone is that only 10 percent percent of federal drug offenders are classified as
high–level offenders, but all face the same harsh minimum punishments (Battaglia, drugpolicy.org).
The problem with this policy is that most drug offenders are nonviolent, and end up getting sucked
into a cycle of violent behavior due to the long terms they are being forced to serve due to laws. By
shifting towards private contracting the focus is truly on profits, so corners are cut and the focus on
rehabilitation is lost, punishing both the imprisoned and the public which could be benefitting from
individuals saved through the justice
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The Prison Industrial Complex ' Signifies A Criminal...
The 'Prison Industrial Complex' signifies a criminal justice system in America that has been
significantly changed during the advance development over the last 30 years with further focus on
the interests of the private sector in the crime industry (Wood, 2003). The Prison Industrial Complex
(PIC) articulates the interests that use criminalisation, policing, surveillance and imprisonment as a
solution to the social, economical and political issues of the society (Wood, 2003).
Criminalisation, a process through which certain actions/behaviour becomes illegal, is a main
component of the PIC (Gordon, 1999). Actions and behaviour only becomes 'crime' after it has been
legally (or sometimes culturally) labelled (Gordon, 1999). This also occurs when the enforcers of
the law target certain groups within society for power and control. An example of criminalisation of
a specific group in society is the target of homeless people where the state attempts to control
homeless people through making legal policies that stretch from sleeping in public spaces to making
informal trading for some income on the streets illegal, giving them grounds to be punished and
either fined or incarcerated (Fooks & Pantazis, 1999). Women who have substance abuse are
criminalized through the new–implemented policies that could send them to jail or have a ban from
being qualified for state benefits if doctors were to ever find evidence of drug use during their
pregnancy
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The Prison Industrial Complex And Its Implications
Throughout the history of civilization, elite members of society have enslaved underprivileged
persons for economic exploitation and sociopolitical power to perpetuate a cycle of oppression
towards a targeted body of the population. History claims, racism and institutional discrimination
was demolished in 1865, however, the prison industrial complex and its implications has
transformed slavery, making incarceration susceptible to people of color that reinforce racial
oppression for profit.Private prisons thrive on the exploitation of enslaved bodies, for motives
strictly leaned for profit and social control. The war on drugs, created and reinforced by the United
States government, supplements the prison industry by imprisoning non–violent drug offenders,
preferably low–income people of color to sustain the quote of detained bodies. The united states
government is notorious for framing issues to portray biased perception to general public. An
example includes, how Mass media played a vital role in manipulating the mass population to frame
social issues in order trap their support to reinforce motives of the prison system.
Private corporations would produce mass profit if they didn't have to worry about paying their
workers. The Prison Industrial Complex allows the private corporations to exploit the prisoners to
work for the private corporations without much pay or benefits. Prisoners are the perfect target for
labor, to reinforce the motives of private corporations, "the
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Essay about Mass Incarceration of African Americans
"Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned
with the color of men's skins, emancipation will be a proclamation but not a fact."(Lyndon Johnson).
For generations in the United Stated, ethnic minorities have been discriminated against and denied
fair opportunity and equal rights. In the beginning there was slavery, and thereafter came an era of
racism which directly impacted millions of minorities lives. This period called Jim Crow was the
name of the racial caste system up in till mid 1960s. Jim Crow was more than just a series of severe
anti–Black laws, it became a way of life. Under Jim Crow, African Americans were positioned to
the status of second class citizens. What Jim Crow ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Just like race is a social construct and exists only in our minds, with no biological evidence, so is the
assumption that most prisoners convicted of drug offense are African Americans. It is a myth that
we as a nation have moved beyond race, Racial caste is alive and well in America. Alexander, author
of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, explained how our
treatment of criminals has created a new racial caste system, and the only way to make change is by
massive social change and Civil Rights movement. The criminal laws often focus on psychoactive
drugs used by the minority populations. Minorities are disproportionately targeted, arrested, and
punished for drug offenses. For instance, Black, Latino, Native American, and many Asian were
portrayed as violent, traffickers of drugs and a danger to society. Surveillance was focused on
communities of color, also immigrants, the unemployed, the undereducated, and the homeless, who
continue to be the main targets of law enforcement efforts to fight the war on drugs. Although
African Americans comprise only 12.2 percent of the population and 13 percent of drug users, they
make up 38 percent of those arrested for drug offenses and 59 percent of those convicted of drug
offenses causing critics to call the war on drugs the "New Jim Crow"(drug policy). The drug
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The Prison Industrial Complex And Its Implications
Throughout the history of civilization, elite members of society have enslaved underprivileged
persons for economic exploitation and sociopolitical power to perpetuate a cycle of oppression
towards a targeted body of the population. History claims, racism and institutional discrimination
was demolished in 1865, however, the prison industrial complex and its implications has
transformed slavery, making incarceration susceptible to people of color that reinforce racial
oppression for profit.Private prisons thrive on the exploitation of enslaved bodies, for motives
strictly leaned for profit and social control. The war on drugs, created and reinforced by the United
States government, supplements the prison industry by imprisoning non–violent drug offenders,
preferably low–income people of color to sustain the quote of detained bodies. The united states
government is notorious for framing issues to portray biased perception to general public. An
example includes, how Mass media played a vital role in manipulating the mass population to frame
social issues in order trap their support to reinforce motives of the prison system.
Private corporations would produce mass profit if they didn't have to worry about paying their
workers. The Prison Industrial Complex allows the private corporations to exploit the prisoners to
work for the private corporations without much pay or benefits. Prisoners are the perfect target for
labor, to reinforce the motives of private corporations, "the
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The Prison Industrial Complex Within The U.s. Essay
Understandings and Outcomes of the Prison Industrial Complex within the U.S.
Following the privatisation of the prison industry in the 1970's, the prison population of the U.S. has
increased by an estimated 500%. Despite this, statistics suggests that overall reported crime rates
have remained relatively stable. (Fortner, 2013). A question is raised then, as to why incarceration
rates would be on the rise despite little change in crime. This essay will attempt to answer this
question and to make sense of the Prison Industrial Complex. It will also argue that the privatisation
of the prison industry has resulted in the exploitation of incercerated offenders in order to increase
capital. This will be achieved through a discussion of the background events which led to the
emergence of the complex, followed by a description of the phenomenon itself. Following this, the
intended and resulted outcomes of the Prison Industrial Complex will be analysed in order to aid in
understanding the complex. Ultimately, this will lead to the conclusion that the Prison Industrial
Complex can be understood through the devastating outcomes on the North American Society, with
the needs to increase profits outweighing the need to rehabilitate offenders.
Firstly, the rise of the Prison Industrial Complex can be closely linked to the election of Barry
Goldwater as senator of Arizona in the 1970's (Schlosser, 1998). Goldwater's election manifesto
focused heavily on the fear of crime in order to
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Prison Industrial Complex Research Paper
Prison Industrial Complex
The Prison Industrial complex is a term that explains the interest of government and industry, that
utilize observation, policing, and detainment as answers for financial, social and political issues.
The PIC is spoken to by organizations that benefit from detainment, government officials who target
ethnic minorities with the goal that they give off an impression of being "intense on crime," and the
media that speaks to an inclined perspective of what crime looks like in our groups. Keeping in
mind the end goal to survive, the PIC utilizes purposeful publicity to persuade general society the
amount we require for detainment facilities; utilizes public support to reinforce destructive
lawfulness plans, for example, the "War on Drugs" ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
The PIC could impact my community because most of my community is African American
individuals/families. This system is known from breaking up families. When taking a father from
the family it can affect the children because then it makes the child become rebellious to rules. Then
that makes the child end up going into prison when in reality they are just reacting off of what the
PIC did in the first place. Detainment facilities additionally have the impact of vanishing individuals
from their communities, rendering them undetectable, socially dead, and hushing their voices. While
it is imperative to abstain from depicting so as to romanticize detainees all of them as political
dissenters, it is likewise basic to call attention to that the material conditions from which the
dominant part of detainees come are those of incredible social
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The Prison Industrial Complex And The United States Essay
"One out of every 31 Americans (7 Million) are in prison, jail, or some other form of correctional
supervision. A high incarceration rate in the United States has led to the prison–industrial complex,
which has provided jobs and profits to legions of companies and people. The field of corrections is
big business."1 I believe that this fact is the best way in which to start my paper. The main idea of
corrections, as the name suggests, is to correct the behavior that has caused an offender to stray from
the straight and narrow. However, as our prison population grows and recidivism rates increase we
are not only seeing our prison system fail, but we are seeing a new and emerging industry take hold
in this country. Increasing prison populations and the number of re–offenders is showing a relatively
obvious failure of the current system. In my time as a criminal justice major I have taken a variety
of classes on criminal justice, one of the most interesting for me (aside from this class) was
restorative justice. In my restorative justice class I was introduced to the idea that the criminal
justice system was taking the conflict away from the victim and the community and was focusing
too much on punishment and not enough on rehabilitation. I understand that some people feel that
restorative justice is too lenient, that by allowing offenders to bypass jail restorative justice gives
them a pass and allows them to basically get away with an offense, however restorative
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The Prison Industrial Complex Is The Economic...
The prison–industrial complex is the economic interrelation between private prisons and various
public and private job sectors that have become dependent on the expansion of the private prison
system. A partial list of these sectors includes construction, pharmaceuticals, and law enforcement,
including probation and parole. The prison–industrial complex also runs a cheap inmate labor force
for various corporations.
Approximately 2,266,800 adults are currently imprisoned in America. In addition to those numbers,
more than 4 million citizens are on probation which means they are being monitored by the
Government (Blades, J., Norquist, G., 2014). The State of Texas, which sentenced 400 teens to life
sentences shows an example of how serious mass incarceration is, and the current conditions in
America's prisons are unconstitutional stating that 70,000 prisoners are raped every year. According
to national data from the US Department of Justice, over 7.2 million people are on probation, in jail
or prison, or on parole. Furthermore, the US criminal justice system consumes $212 billion a year
and employs 2.4 million people, more than Wal–Mart and McDonald 's combined, the nation 's two
largest private employers" (Perkinson, 2010). According to the World Prison Brief in 2009, the
United States had the highest incarceration rates, with 743 inmates per 100,000 people. In a 2003
report, Roy Walmsley noted that "more than three–fifths of countries (60.5%) have rates below 150
per
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Prison Industrial Complex Essay
The Prison Industrial Complex & Police Brutality as a Poor Black Man
The prison industrial complex and police not be punished for the actions that they make are the most
growing concerns of the safety of the Black man in America. The United States and Blacks in
America are known to not have a great relationship historically. Racism and the power of money has
made the prison industrial complex grow into the monster it has today. While Corporations like
Mcdonald's and Walmart profit from the prison Industrial Complex, the prison system continues to
have the wrong values. Prisons are now being for profit instead of rehabilitation and the people who
are being effects the most are poor Black men.
The Three Strike Law was one of the outcomes of the constant push by the corporations within the
prison industrial complex. It is one of the leading reasons for the growing incarceration rate.
Policies and hidden motives of high authorities in the US government have shown that the
demographic being targeted, for the most part, are poor Black Men. Which explains for the
imbalance of races in prisons today, with Blacks being imprisoned as the ... Show more content on
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Prison Industrial Complex is a "A set of bureaucratic, political, and economic interests that
encourage increased spending on imprisonment, regardless of the actual need. The prison–industrial
complex is not a conspiracy, guiding the nation's criminal–justice policy behind closed doors. It is
composed of politicians, both liberal and conservative, who have used the fear of crime to gain
votes; impoverished rural areas where prisons have become a cornerstone of economic
development; private companies that regard the roughly $35 billion spent each year on corrections
not as a burden on American taxpayers but as a lucrative market. An interweaving of private
business and government interests. (Aviram
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The Prison Industrial Complex
Prison Industrial Complex (PIC) is a term we use to describe the overlapping interests of
government and industry that use surveillance, policing, and imprisonment as solutions to what are,
in actuality, economic, social, and political "problems. Through its reach and impact, the prison
industrial complex helps secure the authority of people who get their power through racial,
economic and other structural privileges by defending current power distributions. It benefits
government and industry, as well as those individuals who already hold power in our society. There
are six components I believe contribute to the PIC. The components are criminalization, media,
surveillance, policing, court system, and the prisons.
Criminalization is the process ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
She says that although Jim Crow laws are now off the books, millions of blacks arrested for minor
crimes remain marginalized and disfranchised, trapped by a criminal justice system that has forever
branded them as felons and denied them basic rights and opportunities that would allow them to
become productive, law–abiding citizens.
The School–to–Prison Pipeline refers to the school policies and procedures that drive many of our
nation's schoolchildren into a pathway that begins in school and ends in the criminal justice system.
Behavior that once led to a trip to the principal's office and detention, such as school uniform
violations, profanity and "talking back," now often leads to suspension, expulsion, and/or arrest.
Today, largely as a result of "zero tolerance" policies that mandate harsh punishments for even
minor misbehavior in
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Prison Industrial Complex Research Paper
The Prison Industrial Complex
2.2 million people are imprisoned in the U.S more than any other country in the world. 6.9 million
of American adults are either incarcerated, on probation, or on parole. That is 1 in 35 american
adults caught in the prison system and it's even worse for people of color. One of every 3 african
american males born today will go to jail or prison at some point in their lives. The average sentence
in the U.S is three years which is three time longer than in Germany.
The war on drugs is also apart of the mass incarceration problem. Laws on drugs, such as Crack and
Cocaine, are written to be somewhat "color blind," but is often times not the case. The 1986 Anti–
Drug Abuse Act instituted a 5 year, without parole,
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The Prison Industrial Complex And Police Brutality Essay
Literature Review
Over the last few years the hashtag Black Lives Matter has become a hot topic. This organization is
trying to bring awareness to the issues that people of color face. They are also trying to bring "real"
equality to people of color. Many non–people of color feel like black people are no longer
oppressed. I plan to delve into systematic racism and how it is a real issue. I will be looking into the
prison industrial complex, and police brutality examining how it relates back to slavery. Many
police officers do not face consequences when they use excessive force, on people of color vs non–
people of color. Just by looking at the current and past relationship between the police and people of
color, needs to be addressed. It seems as if every time you turn around there is a person of color
being killed on a daily basis by the police. There are too many people of color losing their lives by
the hands of the police while other races are not. This relates to slavery and how slave patrols were
used to keep runaway slaves in check. I will look into and how redlining of neighborhoods is a
downward spiral as well. Especially when it comes to poverty and education. Even touching on
when people use the hashtag all lives matter that you are overlooking/negating the issues that people
of color face. All this leads to my research question; why do people of color suffer more from the
effects of Systematic Racism than any other Race?
Literature Review:
The treatment of black
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Prison Industrial Complex And Its Interrelationships

  • 1. Prison Industrial Complex And Its Interrelationships Name Course Institution Tutor Date Urban anthropology Question 1: In Maskovsky and Cunningham (2009), there is a relationship which exists between the politics of surveillance, the rise of the prison complex and their interrelationships. The Bush administration was not formulated on the basis of unifying the homeland security but it was intended to create a fragmentation in the system which has unequal measures of the risks and security protocols which are followed. The prison industrial complex in this system was designed in order to eliminate people who are considered to be high profile criminals from the society. A lot of funds have been allocated to this system which depended entirely on policing strategies and surveillance improvements in order to help reduce the activities of terrorists. This massive investment in this sector led to the changes in the administration and the urban fears increased as a result of increased surveillance. The connection between urban fears, the politics of security and surveillance and the rise of prison industrial complex is based on the changes which took place in the bush administration. According to parenti (2000) the relationship between urban fears, the rise of the prison industrial complex and the politics of surveillance and security are interrelated in different ways. The ways in which they are interrelated is caused by the overlapping nature of the American cities. In order to make the overlapping nature of the American ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 2. Industrial Prison Complex Analysis The economic components associated with maintaining and operating public prisons in the U.S. has become a prominent topic in recent years. Many anti–prison activist such a Angela Y. Davis and Ruth Wilson Gilmore contend that the involvement of private corporations and the prevailing social ideology have contributed to the radical expansion of prisons in America. In the case of Angela Y. Davis, she believes that the driving force behind the expansion of prisons is directly correlated to economic incentives that arise from the creation of a cheap labor force and thus propagate her idea of an "Industrial prison complex." In contrast, Ruth Wilson Gilmore contends that the real underlying problems that contribute to the expansion of prisons in ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 3. Angela Davis : The Greatest Philosopher Of All Time Angela Davis is the greatest philosopher of all time because of her work on the "Prison–Industrial Complex" , racism and feminism. She is a star student of 2 Marxist professors (Theodor Adorno and Hebert Marcuse) and it shows in her continual efforts to bring about change and equality to our prison system and day to day lives. Angela Davis has dedicated her life to the improvement of the lives of others regardless of race, class, or country. Born January 24, 1944 to Frank Davis and Sally Davis, a service station owner and school teacher, Angela Yvonne Davis was eager to learn and escape her racist home town of Birmingham, Alabama. She grew up in a big, well to do family that moved into the neighborhood called "Dynamite Hill" from the ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Women and minority workers are almost always payed less than a white male for the same job even if they have the same educational background and experience. Racism and segregation keeps poor neighborhoods poor while the money goes to suburban, white neighborhoods. As a student in the Elizabeth Irwin High School in Greenwich Village she became interested in socialism. She was exposed to many organizations at her school who were fighting for freedom, equality and liberation. After graduation she was accepted into Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. During her freshman year she had the chance to attend the Worlds Festival for Youth and Students in Helsinki, Finland which furthered her interest in socialism and communism. During her trip abroad she toured Paris, France, London, England and Geneva, Switzerland which gave her an interest in foreign affairs and cultures. She was accepted at Hamilton College French Program in her junior year and spent a year of study in France. In France she was involved in a lot of protest rallies and political movements. While still in France Angela found out about the bombing of a church in her hometown. Once she learned the names of the four little girls who died, she realized they were acquaintances and family friends. The church bombing left Angela grief stricken and angry at a world where four little girls could be taken out due to their skin color. Back home in the United States the fight for civil rights was going ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 4. Prison Industrial Complex: A Case Study There are public service announcements which warn that a DUI will cost you about $10,000. Those costs include fines, court fees, legal fees, jail costs, bail bonds, probation services, etc. Those advertisements subtly illustrate how crime directly benefits the "prison industrial complex." That term refers to all of the sectors which profit from a massive prison population, including law enforcement, prisons, and the entire legal system. This system employs millions of Americans as police officers, lawyers, judges, paralegals, parole officers, correctional officers, etc. The prison industrial complex obviously has an incentive to keep marijuana illegal. Their strength in numbers allows for a tremendous political influence from a large voting block with massive lobbying power. For example, CNBC found that there are nearly 800,000 people working within the prison industry, more than the U.S. auto industry. That figure doesn't include all of the other sectors associated with the prison industrial complex such as lawyers, police officers, etc. The bureaucracy within the criminal justice ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... That increased to a budget of over $2.7 billion by 2013 with a staff of 11,053 employees. An organization with such a massive infrastructure requires its leaders to project a certain image. For example, the majority of Americans recognize that the drug war has been a failure, but that can't be acknowledged by the DEA. Consequently, Roger Warner, author of Invisible Hand: The Marijuana Business, had an interview with an official from the DEA who replied "yes" after being asked if he felt that they were winning the war on drugs. Instead of verbally disagreeing, Warner tossed a dime bag of marijuana ($10 worth) on the official's desk. He had purchased that bag hours before the interview in the park across the street from the DEA's office in Washington, ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 5. Military Industrial Complex : Global Issue Or Exaggerated? Military–industrial complex: global issue or exaggerated? On January 17, 1961, the president of the United States of America – Dwight Eisenhower – gave his farewell speech. In this speech he addressed what he thought was a problem within the country, the military–industrial complex. He warned the people for the increasing influence of the military industry. Eisenhower said that military expenditure needed to be tightly controlled, whereas it started to grow beyond it needs. He urged the people to 'accept the need for a large military infrastructure, oppose profiteering, support international cooperation, and ensure that their chosen representatives possessed the capability to engage in this delicate balancing act' (Janiewski 2011, p.684). Chosen representatives should withhold military contractors to exploit the industry for personal gains. Economic gains should not be the reason for investments in the military, necessity should be. Janiewski argued for example, that the Soviet superiority in missile technology was overdone to exploit the industry domestically and was used by the Democrats in the elections. After the Korean War the president already tried to reduce the size of the military. However, organizations like the National Military–Industrial Conference (NMIC) and his political opponents kept advertising for investments in the military force, whereas the first group had personal gains on this matter and the second group used it as a way to gain political power. In ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 6. Prison Industrial Complex ( Pic ) Prison Industrial Complex (PIC) is a term we use to depict the interests of government and industry that utilization observation, policing, and detainment as answers for what may be, in fact, monetary, social, and political "issues. Through its range and effect, the jail modern complex secures the power of individuals who get their energy through racial, monetary and other auxiliary benefits by shielding current power conveyances. It benefits government and industry, and in addition those people who as of now hold control in our general public. There are six segments I trust add to the PIC. The segments are criminalization, media, reconnaissance, policing, court framework, and the detainment facilities. Criminalization is the procedure through which certain activities get to be distinctly unlawful. Activities get to be wrongdoings simply after they have been socially or lawfully characterized all things considered through procedures, for example, enactment, court decisions, or institutional approaches. Thoughts regarding what is "criminal" reach out a long ways past particular activities, be that as it may. Criminalization is additionally what happens when whole gatherings of individuals, or of social conditions (the destitute, youth, eccentric individuals), are focused by law requirement for reconnaissance, discipline and control. The criminalization of vagrancy, for instance, incorporates the control of vagrants through laws that make everything from open pee to resting ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 7. Questions On The Prison Industrial Complex Short Answer Response Assignment II 8–10 1. What is the prison industrial complex? In what way does it play in the existence of what Dr. Michelle Alexander calls the New Jim Crow? a. The Prison Industrial Complex flourished during the Reagan Administration. It was a way for Corporate America to use cheap prison labor to make huge profits for their corporations. With 42% of the prison population being black and only 13% of the country being African American, it's easy to realize that the government was exploiting the black prisoners with cheap labor, no union representation, and huge profits that did not get passed on to the prisoners. According to author Michelle Alexander, there are more blacks in prison today than there were enslaved in 1850. This is what she refers to as "The New Jim Crow." In her argument, she states: "In this era of colorblindness, it was not socially permissible to use race as a tool for disfranchisement, marginalization and discrimination" (Module 9/ Page 6). 2. Summarize the rise and fall of the movement to pass the Equal Rights Amendment. Explain the issues and concerns of those who supported and opposed the amendment. What do you think were the concerns raised by Phyllis Schlafly fair criticisms of the amendment? a. Since the 1920's, women have been fighting for equal rights. Women's groups spent decades working to pass laws that would ban gender discrimination. Finally, in 1972, the Equal Rights Amendment was passed by Congress even though ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 8. The Concept Of Prison Privatization The concept of prison privatization is not new; it has its genesis as early as the 18th century. However it has been received with mixed reviews over the effectiveness, the legality and whether or not it has the civil rights of prisoners as a priority. More importantly is that prison privatization profits are in direct conflict with a prosperous economy. According to Wood, (2003) the prison industrial complex is the change in the criminal justice system due to the "rapid growth" and the presence of private companies and their importance. Several factors have been identified as the cause of the rise of this complex. The violence in our society and the people or entities that would benefit from prison expansion are responsible. The prison complex consists of three concepts, expansion, privatization, and regression. The growth took place rapidly from 1925–1939, and then conversely a rapid decline during World War II. Again another flux occurred from the end of the war to the beginnings of the 1960's. Wood states that potential reform during a ten year period from 1961–1972 on the part of the Democrats, resulted in a drop in the incarceration rate (Wood, 2003). What is most interesting to note is what was taking place in the country during some of the dramatic increases. During 1925–1939 the country suffered a major financial hit – The Great Depression. People were out of work and food was scarce, in the 1960's the country was experiencing social turmoil. These two ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 9. Inside Look At The Prison Industrial Complex Anthony Marvel Mr. Hemery Nonfiction September 29, 2014 An Inside Look at the Prison–Industrial Complex Business's that appear to be removed from the corrupt corporation of prison are ultimately expanding the prison industrial complex. Prison incarceration has become a multi–billion dollar industry that needs more than 2 million U.S. citizens to put into prison on any given day. This paper will be base for explaining how the PIC works and what really goes on behind all the barbed wire and armed guards. "The term 'Prison Industrial Complex' was first coined by either Eric Schlosser in 1998 or by Angela Davis in the same year, in order to examine the complex configuration compromised of the US prison system, multi–national corporations, small private business and the inmate population in the social and political economy of the 21st century United States "(Smith and Hattery 2). The prison system today seems to be a flawed one, where the smallest offences send people to years into either a private, state, or federal prison. The number of privately owned prisons has grown, as has the imprisonment rate of Americans. "In 2005 more than 2.3 million Americans (or .7% of the US population) were incarcerated, in nearly 1700 state, federal, and private prisons, with many more under other forms of custodial supervision including probation and parole"(Smith and Hattery 2). "In 1980, only 474,368 citizens in the US were imprisoned, but in just a little over two decades, 2,042,270 people ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 10. Prison Industrial Complex Economics And The United States More people have been locked up in the United States than any other country. In the article "Prison Industrial Complex Economics", it states, "the United States has approximately 6.5 million people under the criminal justice supervision. Incarcerated rate has grown from 176 in 1973 up to 700 in the year of 2000" (Waquant). Incarceration is a big business that feeds into drug violence, corrupted guards, and racism in criminal justice system, taxpayer cost, and racism in the criminal system and through privatization of prisons. Drug violence The United States have imprisoned many people in the country than any other due to drug wars. In the year 2014 more than 1.5 million people were arrested for drugs. Drug offenses by itself caused these ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Passing through security, there's a handoff of cocaine, heroin and electronics to prisoners' in exchanged for thousands of dollars. Inside, guards "stash" prearranged delivered packages in bathrooms and storage closets. Correctional officers become a middleman between inmates to their outside contacts who provides the illegal cellphones and drugs. Many inmates trade sex with prison guards in exchange for the illegal exports. Some guards also are accusing of waring prisoners when prison official was preparing to search their cells for illegal exports. In the article "Guards and inmates charged in widespread bribery and smuggling operations", it states, "the 2013 case, an investigation uncovered smuggling operations and personal relations between guards and inmates" (N/A). Correctional officers could face a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for drug conspiracy and fraudulent business dealing with inmates and other outside facilitators. Racism in criminal justice system Racism in the criminal justice system is so concealed to where racism contributes to massive amounts of imprisoned Black African Americans. In the United States, the criminal justice system has created perpetuated racial harassment to African Americans throughout history. The skin color of African American are easily targeted and criminalized. Racial bias becomes unavoidable when civilization's image of a criminal is a BAA (Black African ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 11. Industrial Prison Complex Research Paper Industrial Prison Complex The industrial prison complex has divided America into two groups; those who are oblivious to the industry and prison abolitionists who are advocating for reform or the complete abolition of the industry. With prisons being so integrated in American society, it is hard for oblivious citizens to see the problems with the prison industry. The media uses television shows such as Orange is the New Black and Prison Break to normalize prisons in America. Prison abolitionists want the industrial prison complex abolished for an array of reasons that end in true equality for citizens. The social injustices explained earlier are reason enough to call citizens to action against the industrial prison complex. Action must be ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... By fighting police brutality and the racial discriminations described earlier in the paper, people will also be fighting the industrial prison complex because they are connected by oppression and discriminatory views. Many people are already protesting with movements such as the Black Lives Matter movement, the Gay Rights movement, Women's Rights movement, etc. Protesting the industrial prison complex will also take time; but by protesting, the media will raise awareness to the problem and it gives abolitionists the platform to make sure their voices are being heard. There is strength in numbers. Furthermore, with abolitionists having a platform against the industrial prison complex, they will have support to effectively petition and get the House and Senate to pass reform bills. With reform, prisoners will have a better chance at getting rehabilitated instead of just being incarcerated and then released on the streets to start the cycle over again. It would be a step closer to achieving the long–term overall goal of abolishing the industrial prison industry and institutionalized ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 12. The Prison Industrial Complex ( Tabibi ) Question 1. According to Angela Davis (2003a), social historian Mike Davis was the first to coin the term prison industrial complex, in his research of the California penal system in the 1990s. The prison industrial complex refers to the coinciding relationship between corporations, government, correctional communities, and their collective economic interest in prison expansion and high rates of incarceration (Davis, 2003a). That is, each of these components benefit economically from perpetuating the notion that increasing crime rates are the causation for prison expansion. However, scholars and activists contest this belief, stating that crime rates are decreasing, and that prison expansion is done to increase profits through imprisonment (Davis, 2003a). In this model, criminal justice policy, crime control and the bodies of the marginalized, are organized and managed using a business philosophy focused solely of profitability. The term prison industrial complex is a replica of the military industrial complex (Tabibi, 2015a). Both refer to their respective industry as providing massive amounts of revenue in the American economy. To provide perspective and context to the amount of money produced by the prison industry in the United States, the film Corrections (2001) by Hunt, cites the amount as being upwards of forty billion dollars. Corporations, elected officials, and government agents, all have an invested interest in the expansion of the prison system (Davis, 2003a). ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 13. Investigating The Roots Of The Prison Industrial Complex Examining the Roots of the Prison Industrial Complex Sydney Conlon On July 13th, 2015, President Obama granted clemency to 46 prisoners, facing decades of prison time for low–level non–violent drug offenses. Obama said the nation is spending too much money on incarceration of individuals who received long sentences for relatively minor drug crimes, and so by granting amnesty to these 46 prisoners, he hopes to push the drive towards prison reform. This simple action gave four dozen prisoners a second chance at life. This brings Obama's commutations to 89. Presidential clemency has always been controversial. With George Bush commuting Scooter Libby's sentence, and Bill Clinton pardoning financier Marc Rich, the American people have ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Most mandatory minimum sentencing laws were written when America was in a full–fledged anti– drug hysteria. So to fight the perceived drug menace, Ronald Reagan passed tough mandatory minimum drug penalties, and his successor, President Bush, pushed for even harsher laws. And this wasn't solely a republican issue either. Democrats in Congress and State Legislatures, and even Bill Clinton pushed for these laws, and by 1994, 31 states plus Washington DC had minimum mandatory sentencing laws for drug crimes. This didn't lower the crime rate, it simply increased prison populations. Extremely long sentences are not a good deterrent for crime because the people committing crimes do not think they're going to get caught, nor are they aware of the punishments they're faced with. Mandatory minimums didn't just "not work." They ruined lives. For instance, Kevin Ott, a prisoner in custody of Oklahoma State Correctional Facility, was incarcerated for trafficking methamphetamine. Ott has life without parole for three ounces of meth. Or take the case of Weldon Angelos, a non–violent ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 14. An Interpretation Of The Fourteenth Amendment The 13th *Provides us with an interpretation of the 13th amendment. –13th amendment basically abolished slavery *Conveys to us what the Prison Industrial Complex is –"is a term used to describe the overlapping interests of government and industry that use surveillance, policing and imprisonment as solutions to economic, social and political problems" (http://www.prisonabolition.org/what–is–the–prison– industrial–complex/) *Throughout the film DuVernay maps the journey of African Americans as they endured slavery, segregation, then integration, and finally societal oppression; how they went from slavery to mass incarceration. She uses the aesthetics of sound, and lighting which are important contributors to the themes of bondage and inequality. Slavery was our country's old economic system, therefore, when he 13th amendment freed these people, how were they supposed to rebuild their economy. People who are locked up in prison often provide the system with an extremely cheap source of labor. Furthermore, those in prison are suavely people who come from poor or low income families. Yet, they are charged high rates when talking to family members in prison. In some places, one must work and hour and a half making minimum wage in order to have a simple 10 minute phone call with someone in prison. Additionally, politicians throughout the 80's and 90's played a crucial role in the development of the system which exists today. Richard Nixon's "war on drugs" is when we began ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 15. Wages of Crime by R. T Naylor Introduction: Wages of Crime: Black Markets, Illegal Finance, and the Underworld Economy is a book by R. T. Naylor based on his views of organized crime and the government's stance and involvement. Naylor writes from a mostly democratic point of view and presents his thesis quite clearly. Naylor's thesis in this book is that organized crime is a convenient myth handed to society by the government. In this book Naylor sets up four important concepts: first on the black market operations of guerrilla groups, second on the modern arms market, then on money laundering, and finally the underworld trade in gold. Throughout the book he talks about the critique of the public perceptions of organized crime, a discussion of anti–money laundering policies, and an analysis of terrorist financing. Summery At the start of his second chapter Naylor sets up the difference between the motives of insurgent groups versus criminal groups. Naylor claims "Criminals commit economic crimes to make money." (pg. 45) and that is where motivation ends for them. The difference between insurgent groups is, "money is merely a tool –one that is necessary but not sufficient to achieve. Like the formally constituted governments they challenge, insurgent groups have political programs...they have control over armed forces, and they directly compete with the state for territory, population, and resources." (pg. 45) A parallel economy is then created by the guerrilla groups to supply the population with what ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 16. America's War on Drugs After viewing the documentary: America's War on Drugs – The Prison Industrial Complex, it is clear that the Criminal Justice System is in desperate need of reconstruction and repair with policies such as the mandatory minimum sentencing act which has proven to be unsuccessful and unjust in its efforts to deter 'criminals from committing illegal acts' as seen with the increase of incarcerations of the American people and the devastating effect it has had on those in prison and the family members of those incarcerated. With Canada's Prime Minister Stephan Harper and his Conservative approach to follow in our bordering neighbors foot sets with the Safe Streets and Communities Act, and his 'get tough on crime' approach Canadian's are ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... 210). But for individuals like Kemba Smith and Johnny Patillo, that did not have a previous criminal history or those "without an extensive criminal history or record of confinement may be highly susceptible to becoming prisonized (Griffiths, 2010, p.212 )," which depends on the individuals personality and the amount of support they attain from family and friends and the length of their time served. However, inmates with children are perhaps the most affected by the pains of imprisonment as the separation and loss of contact to these children effect both the parents, children and all loved ones close by. According to a study done by Joseph Murray (2005) titled, The effects of imprisonment on families and children of prisoners, "imprisonment of a partner can be emotionally devastating and practically debilitating", causing a "loss of income, social isolation, difficulties of maintaining contact, deterioration in relationships, and extra burdens of childcare can compound a sense of loss and hopelessness for prisoners' partners (para 7)". Additional pains that may not be seen as serious as those listed above include; coping with the "loneliness, boredom, and hopelessness (Griffiths, 2010, p.210)". Moreover are the pains of imprisonment that can be seen in regards ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 17. The Prison Industrial Complex Has Created A System Of... The Prison Industrial Complex has created a system of force free labor that strips prisoners of their political, economic, and social rights, ultimately relegating them to second–class citizenship, inside and outside of the prison walls. Denying former enslaved people citizenship was essential to the formation of the original union and hundreds of years later, America remains a nonegalitarian society. Not only are those incarcerated barred from suffrage, as throughout much of US history for African Americans, but they also endure legalized discrimination in housing, education, public welfare and employment. Though there has been a change in language and people are no longer explicitly discriminatory or prejudiced based on race, they remain so on criminality and income, both significant indicators of race in this country. This is most evident once persons are released from prison. Not only can they be returned to prison for the most minor infractions, like missing a parole meeting or associating with the wrong crowd, but they also face great adversity when trying to get back into the workforce or readjust to normal life. It is no secret that having a history of incarceration impedes future economic success, and Pew data finds that incarceration reduced subsequent wages by eleven percent, cut annual employment by nine weeks, and reduced yearly earnings by forty percent (Khalek, 2001). This all in addition to the psychological harm and the damage to family home units prisons ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 18. The Prison Industrial Complex Feels Like A Dirty Phrase The prison industrial complex feels like a dirty phrase, an almost unspoken taboo in this world. However, unlike most taboos, it is an unspoken taboo. No one likes to discuss the oppresion that is happening to a group of marginalized people. It is slavery, and unfortunately there is no other way to phrase it. Prisoners are being put to work, for cents an hour. They are being kept in cages, the conditions of which are atrocious, and then are let out for just enough activity and roaming time so they do not lose their sanity, and are forced to work for a nominal wage. It is a blatant disrespect of the rights of thousands. These men and women may have committed a crime, but the punishment generally does not fit the crime. Prisoners are forced ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The PIC does not only affect black bodies but all people of color, immigrants, and queer folks." This description illustrates why the PIC needs to be a top priority for any victim of institutional oppression. Basically any one who is not wealthy and white, and in some cases, male as well, is bound to suffer at the hands of the American Justice system. It was a system made by white men who chose not to consider women and people of color. Along with being the controlling demographic, white men saw an oppurtunity to retain the 'free' labor that they decided to build this country on. Through the Thirteenth Amendment and racism, America found itself growing on the bodies of young black men. In an almost unbelievable process of criminalization and capitlization, the govenrment filtered drugs into poor, black neigborhoods to spark the war on drugs which would later result in mass incarceration fueled by the three strikes law allowing for an entire lifetime's worth of 'free' labor in privatized federal prisons. The documentary Thirteenth states that the film Birth of A Nation was the birth of America's effort towards criminalizing black people, and in specifics black men. With this blockbuster prototype, that essentially grabbed the nation's attention in frenzy. This film while gaining all ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 19. Case Study: The Prison Industrial Complex The Prison Industrial Complex is a system that is designed to make the maximum profit from inmates. It takes advantage of the individuals who are placed in this system and make it difficult to escape from it. The The Prison Industrial Complex system has been able to this with the use of prisons, industry, and the justice system. Living in prison is far easier than living as a free individual. While one is in prison the costs of food, clothes, and health are all covered by the prison itself. There is no need to worry about when the next bill needs to be paid, getting up early in the morning or late at night just to go to work, what clothes to wear for the next day, and making sure there is enough food in the refrigerator. "In 2001, studies showed that medical costs were at about 3.3 billion, which turned to 2,625 dollars per inmate. 1.2 billion for food is simplified to 955 dollars spent on each inmate. With 1 billion in utilities that boils down to 795 dollars for each individual inmate. Altogether accumulating 4,375 dollars spent on each inmate in the year ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The Marshall Project has to methods of reducing the number of incarcerated people in America. One idea they offer is the reduction of the sentence lengths. This would allow for more inmates to be on parole and move them to areas that they may better suit them such as community service. In addition for those who were found guilty of more heinous crimes and suffer from mental illness, they can be placed in mental institutions. (The Marshall Project 2015). In an article by the Stanford Graduate School of Business they offer the methods of split sentence and pretrial. Split sentence means putting convicted criminals on the street, while pretrial release defendants unto the streets who may not be guilty. (Stanford Graduate School of ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 20. The Pros And Cons Of Prison Industrial Complex Prison Industrial Complex is government and industry interest for solving our social, economically, and political problems by policing, imprisonment, or using surveillance. Jail are only used for short– term sentences by local authorities and prison is used for long term sentences by state or federal governments. Any minor thing can lead you into prison, but that should be only where major punishments should be solved. Prison has never been a rehabilitation but a profitable punishment. The two biggest prison companies that own more than a hundred prisons combined are Corrections Corporation of America and The GEO Group. Private companies and state governments make deals that the more inmates they received, the amount of income also increases. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... There are thus real and often quite complicated connections between the deindustrialization of the economy– a process that reached its peak during the 1980s–and the rise of mass imprisonment, which also began to spiral during the Reagan–Bush era. However, the demand for more prisons was represented to the public in simplistic terms. More prisons were needed because there was more crime. Yet many scholars have demonstrated that by the time the prison construction boom began, official crime statistics were already falling." Angela Y. Davis, Are Prisons Obsolete?" I believe that they are other ways to make a profit. Medical expenses, education, jobs are not free on both side but both make a profit. I believe that prison should be the last resort of punishment when rehabilitation has not made any change. When the people you arrest correlate with the amount of income then making the community safe is no longer your goal. To find people to arrest you must go to areas that you believe have no hope. This is like whites going to Africa and picking people out again because the fall into their horrific stereotypes. This later makes a a huge cycle that they take your father and label him as a criminal, so your mother now has given birth to mini ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 21. The Prison Industrial Complex The Prison Industrial Complex (PIC) is an organization which over the past few decades has grown tremendously in the United States. This political cartoon showcases how our societies are transitioning from dependence on the Public Education system to the dependence on the Prison Industrial Complex and how the people who are funding these corporate businesses are less focused on bettering of the community but are primarily money hungry. My close analysis of this image reveals how the prison industrial complex negatively affects our communities yet is beneficial to the people and corporations who operate them. This image has two heavy set white males with their mouths wide open in suit and ties. The suit and ties are black and white inferring to me that they are corporate businessmen. They both have on ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... There is a conveyor belt going from the mouth of the public education businessman with the "sorry, no funds" nametag to the prison industrial complex businessman with the "welcome" nametag. The font on the nametag for the public education says "sorry" in small italicized letters while the "no funds" is in dark, bold, big letters. The font on the prison industrial complex nametag is bod, dark, letters say "welcome". The font on the nametags infers to me that the public education businessmen aren't sorry for not having funds. The people who are on this conveyor belt are lacking individual identity. The use of the conveyor belt signaled to me that the businessmen are transporting these people in bulk and at a constant rate. Also, I assume that the people who are on this conveyor belt are lacking identity because these businessmen aren't viewing them as people ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 22. The Growing Prison Industrial Complex The growing Prison Industrial Complex is an intricate web of profit–maximizing business endeavors at the expense of the livelihood of people of color in the continental United States and abroad. With immigration from Mexico and Latin America increasing each year and definitions of who is "legal" becoming more constricting as the Obama administration cracking down on illegal border crossing, undocumented immigrants are the fastest growing prison population. This research projects aims to look how migrant detention centers are growing under the Obama Administration and how privatization affects their ability to provide adequate and safe conditions for those under their care. Journal articles, academic writings, and narrative books have been used as a foundation for this research paper. Both public and private interests have found ways to profit from detaining migrant workers and have even gone as far to manipulate policy in order to ensure their facilities remain full. These tactics have had profound affects on Latino communities and have resulted in a plethora of physical, sexual, and mental abuse claims from detainees. The United States has come a long way from accepting "huddled masses yearning to breathe free". Especially since such masses, with the collapse of several U.S. instituted governments in Central and South American happened to be primarily non–white people who can generate profit for the ever– expanding prison industry. In 2013, 990,553 people granted ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 23. Prison Industrial Complex In Prison Most of us probably don't give jail much thought but with a rapid rise in the prison population, we probably should. PIC or Prison–Industrial Complex is the term used to reflect the rising prison population in the US and other countries. Yes, even here in Canada. It's interesting to note that the US has more people behind bars than China. A country with 5 times the population yet America is considered "the land of the free". The majority of people in jail are Black or Hispanic. Also interesting to note: US federal law cracks the whip down on the possession of rock–cocaine (crack). Less than 2 ounces will get you 10 years in prison. Possess 500 grams of cocaine powder you only get 5 years. That's almost 18 ounces yet the sentence is less. What's wrong with ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... In the US, a first time offense with possession of any amount of marijuana gets you a misdemeanor, 1 year in jail and a $1000 fine...for weed! So now that we know the system is racist and ridiculous, we now need to understand something else. In 2013, there were 133,000 state and federal prisoners confined in privately owned prisons in the US. Hmm, privately owned. What are they doing in there? Sounds like business to me. The fact is, it very much is a business. Just to give you an idea, the prison industry raked in 5 billion dollars in 2011. It's starting to make sense now why these prison sentences are unreasonable and designed to pick off minorities. I mean after all, the prison industry can't run itself. It needs employees. What better way to make money than by forcing people to work for next to nothing? Want to know who's benefiting? IBM Revlon Honeywell Microsoft AT&T
  • 24. There are many more companies benefiting from this slave labor. I'm not saying people in jail shouldn't do their time but going to jail isn't just about going to jail, it's all about filling the wallets of major ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 25. Essay On Prison Industrial Complex Homework #7 Some people may not know what a Prison Industrial Complex is. The official google definition for it is The term "prison–industrial complex" (PIC) is used to attribute the rapid expansion of the US inmate population to the political influence of private prison companies and businesses that supply goods and services to government prison agencies. Prison systems make money off the prisoners. The more prisoners they have more money they make. Prisons are private institutions. Prisoners get charged per day for phone calls and things and they also work for free. Prisons should be banned because instead of it being a correctional facility it is a business that makes money over inmates. African Americans play a huge role in one of the mass ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... People with low social statuses are probably more likely to commit crimes. There is no guidance in black communities, there is no people to tell them someone to not do something, We are in the right positions according to them, they want us to break the law so they can arrest us and incarcerate us and make us work for free. The school to prison pipeline is something serious. Students that fight , get put out of class, and sent to the principal office are probably more likely to go from school to prison and its just ridiculous how easy it is for someone else to follow in that person's footsteps. They want us to believe that committing crimes is cool just because you are from an area that is low in the social class. If you look on social media all you see is " Free this person " and " free that person " and it's ridiculous because that is just what the Prison and law systems want. I know there are a couple of lawyers that have the motive to try and get black people committed. I don't know his name but he says black people killed his parents so I guess that he is trying to get ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 26. Prison Industrial Complex Thesis Statement– In the modern world there has been a large increase of prisoners that are put away because of their race,gender and because companies want them. When a robbery goes down and theres three suspects the black male or person of color is the first to be taken into custody. Females are often blamed for raising their kids in a place where they are on welfare. Companies buy prisons so they can get profit off of them without giving a lot in return. In the Prison Industrial Complex there a lot of components that are used to put people away. Introduction– In our modern world there has been someone or someones who have come up with an idea. This idea is to make prisoners do work for free. These same persons have taken advantage of the ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Prisons run by the government are often in violation of human rights. The largest U.S. private owned prison,Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) has claimed 54,944 beds in 68 buildings that are in development in the U.S., Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom, and Australia. The global trend for CCA is giving more women public punishment and they just opened up a women's prison.This company calls California the "new frontier." The second largest Prison company, Wackenhut Corrections Corporation (WCC) also claimed contracts to manage 46 facilities in North America, U.K., and Australia. All 46 buildings put toger hold a sum of 30,424 beds. At this very moment the stocks of both CCA and WCC are off the charts.Just one year from 1996 and CCA made $169 million more from their normal amout of $293 million and its net profit grew from $30.9 million to $53.9 million. WCC raised $72 million from last years (1996) $138 million in just one year ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 27. Sowing Weapons Of War Essay Weapons often seem as a necessity when it comes to defense, whether it be self defense or the defense of peace and freedom. In the United States' war with Iraq, there have been a reported one hundred sixty–five thousand Iraqi civilians were killed between 2003 and 2015. All too often, civilians find themselves victim to war violence. In 1995, The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops issued an article written by the National Conference of Bishops titled Sowing Weapons of War: A Pastoral Reflection on the Arms Trade and Landmines. The article explores the issues and effects of war weapons. The National conference of bishops refers to the arms trade as a scandal and is greatly condemned because the purchasing and selling these weapons ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The issues regarding the arms trade discussed in Sowing Weapons of War include the free market in arms, moral responsibility, policies for curbing the trade, and the banning of landmines. Regarding the free market in arms, the Unites States' activity in the trade has increased dramatically since the Cold War and this increase has led to an increase in lives lost in third world countries due to violence. As a supplier of war weapons, the United States has a moral responsibility to ensure that they follow the process for a legitimate trade. The trade is legitimate if it promotes legitimate defense or follows the principle of sufficiency. However, even though there are instances where the trade can be justified, measures should be taken to curb the trade. Strict controls in the United States as well as internationally can curb the trade; as well as finding nonmilitary ways to protect jobs. Landmines claim the lives of civilians every week; measures need to be take internationally to reduce the number of landmines hidden across the world. In conclusion, weapons of war take the lives of several people everyday, but it does not have to remain this way as there are many steps that the country and the world can take to put an end to the illegitimate ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 28. Modern World 's Highest Incarceration Rate The United States often describes itself as a noble power, often placing itself and other countries as protectors of the modern world, and an international force. A major issue arises in this model theory when a certain statistic is mentioned, and that is the fact that the U.S. only has 4.4 percent of the total world population, but accounts for 22 percent of the world's prisoners (Tsai, "U.S. Has World's Highest Incarceration Rate"). The self–proclaimed U.S. model, actually consists of injustice and inequality, and a diversion from true rehabilitation and fair punishment, that is all distracted by the prison industrial complex, politics, and profits. This mass incarceration, and the "prison–industrial complex" causes the U.S. to ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The mass incarceration of part of the U.S population is propelled mainly by the practices of politicians with regards to business. This is justified as legal by politicians stating they are trying to do what is best for the people by being "tough on crime". By making the statement that they are being tough on crime, politicians typically earn public support while supporting private companies in terms of detention. Another justification that is used is the statement of leading the war on drugs by creating harsh punishments for drug offenders. One fact that shows how irrational harsh punishment for everyone is that only 10 percent percent of federal drug offenders are classified as high–level offenders, but all face the same harsh minimum punishments (Battaglia, drugpolicy.org). The problem with this policy is that most drug offenders are nonviolent, and end up getting sucked into a cycle of violent behavior due to the long terms they are being forced to serve due to laws. By shifting towards private contracting the focus is truly on profits, so corners are cut and the focus on rehabilitation is lost, punishing both the imprisoned and the public which could be benefitting from individuals saved through the justice ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 29. The Prison Industrial Complex ' Signifies A Criminal... The 'Prison Industrial Complex' signifies a criminal justice system in America that has been significantly changed during the advance development over the last 30 years with further focus on the interests of the private sector in the crime industry (Wood, 2003). The Prison Industrial Complex (PIC) articulates the interests that use criminalisation, policing, surveillance and imprisonment as a solution to the social, economical and political issues of the society (Wood, 2003). Criminalisation, a process through which certain actions/behaviour becomes illegal, is a main component of the PIC (Gordon, 1999). Actions and behaviour only becomes 'crime' after it has been legally (or sometimes culturally) labelled (Gordon, 1999). This also occurs when the enforcers of the law target certain groups within society for power and control. An example of criminalisation of a specific group in society is the target of homeless people where the state attempts to control homeless people through making legal policies that stretch from sleeping in public spaces to making informal trading for some income on the streets illegal, giving them grounds to be punished and either fined or incarcerated (Fooks & Pantazis, 1999). Women who have substance abuse are criminalized through the new–implemented policies that could send them to jail or have a ban from being qualified for state benefits if doctors were to ever find evidence of drug use during their pregnancy ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 30. The Prison Industrial Complex And Its Implications Throughout the history of civilization, elite members of society have enslaved underprivileged persons for economic exploitation and sociopolitical power to perpetuate a cycle of oppression towards a targeted body of the population. History claims, racism and institutional discrimination was demolished in 1865, however, the prison industrial complex and its implications has transformed slavery, making incarceration susceptible to people of color that reinforce racial oppression for profit.Private prisons thrive on the exploitation of enslaved bodies, for motives strictly leaned for profit and social control. The war on drugs, created and reinforced by the United States government, supplements the prison industry by imprisoning non–violent drug offenders, preferably low–income people of color to sustain the quote of detained bodies. The united states government is notorious for framing issues to portray biased perception to general public. An example includes, how Mass media played a vital role in manipulating the mass population to frame social issues in order trap their support to reinforce motives of the prison system. Private corporations would produce mass profit if they didn't have to worry about paying their workers. The Prison Industrial Complex allows the private corporations to exploit the prisoners to work for the private corporations without much pay or benefits. Prisoners are the perfect target for labor, to reinforce the motives of private corporations, "the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 31. Essay about Mass Incarceration of African Americans "Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of men's skins, emancipation will be a proclamation but not a fact."(Lyndon Johnson). For generations in the United Stated, ethnic minorities have been discriminated against and denied fair opportunity and equal rights. In the beginning there was slavery, and thereafter came an era of racism which directly impacted millions of minorities lives. This period called Jim Crow was the name of the racial caste system up in till mid 1960s. Jim Crow was more than just a series of severe anti–Black laws, it became a way of life. Under Jim Crow, African Americans were positioned to the status of second class citizens. What Jim Crow ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Just like race is a social construct and exists only in our minds, with no biological evidence, so is the assumption that most prisoners convicted of drug offense are African Americans. It is a myth that we as a nation have moved beyond race, Racial caste is alive and well in America. Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, explained how our treatment of criminals has created a new racial caste system, and the only way to make change is by massive social change and Civil Rights movement. The criminal laws often focus on psychoactive drugs used by the minority populations. Minorities are disproportionately targeted, arrested, and punished for drug offenses. For instance, Black, Latino, Native American, and many Asian were portrayed as violent, traffickers of drugs and a danger to society. Surveillance was focused on communities of color, also immigrants, the unemployed, the undereducated, and the homeless, who continue to be the main targets of law enforcement efforts to fight the war on drugs. Although African Americans comprise only 12.2 percent of the population and 13 percent of drug users, they make up 38 percent of those arrested for drug offenses and 59 percent of those convicted of drug offenses causing critics to call the war on drugs the "New Jim Crow"(drug policy). The drug ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 32. The Prison Industrial Complex And Its Implications Throughout the history of civilization, elite members of society have enslaved underprivileged persons for economic exploitation and sociopolitical power to perpetuate a cycle of oppression towards a targeted body of the population. History claims, racism and institutional discrimination was demolished in 1865, however, the prison industrial complex and its implications has transformed slavery, making incarceration susceptible to people of color that reinforce racial oppression for profit.Private prisons thrive on the exploitation of enslaved bodies, for motives strictly leaned for profit and social control. The war on drugs, created and reinforced by the United States government, supplements the prison industry by imprisoning non–violent drug offenders, preferably low–income people of color to sustain the quote of detained bodies. The united states government is notorious for framing issues to portray biased perception to general public. An example includes, how Mass media played a vital role in manipulating the mass population to frame social issues in order trap their support to reinforce motives of the prison system. Private corporations would produce mass profit if they didn't have to worry about paying their workers. The Prison Industrial Complex allows the private corporations to exploit the prisoners to work for the private corporations without much pay or benefits. Prisoners are the perfect target for labor, to reinforce the motives of private corporations, "the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 33. The Prison Industrial Complex Within The U.s. Essay Understandings and Outcomes of the Prison Industrial Complex within the U.S. Following the privatisation of the prison industry in the 1970's, the prison population of the U.S. has increased by an estimated 500%. Despite this, statistics suggests that overall reported crime rates have remained relatively stable. (Fortner, 2013). A question is raised then, as to why incarceration rates would be on the rise despite little change in crime. This essay will attempt to answer this question and to make sense of the Prison Industrial Complex. It will also argue that the privatisation of the prison industry has resulted in the exploitation of incercerated offenders in order to increase capital. This will be achieved through a discussion of the background events which led to the emergence of the complex, followed by a description of the phenomenon itself. Following this, the intended and resulted outcomes of the Prison Industrial Complex will be analysed in order to aid in understanding the complex. Ultimately, this will lead to the conclusion that the Prison Industrial Complex can be understood through the devastating outcomes on the North American Society, with the needs to increase profits outweighing the need to rehabilitate offenders. Firstly, the rise of the Prison Industrial Complex can be closely linked to the election of Barry Goldwater as senator of Arizona in the 1970's (Schlosser, 1998). Goldwater's election manifesto focused heavily on the fear of crime in order to ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 34. Prison Industrial Complex Research Paper Prison Industrial Complex The Prison Industrial complex is a term that explains the interest of government and industry, that utilize observation, policing, and detainment as answers for financial, social and political issues. The PIC is spoken to by organizations that benefit from detainment, government officials who target ethnic minorities with the goal that they give off an impression of being "intense on crime," and the media that speaks to an inclined perspective of what crime looks like in our groups. Keeping in mind the end goal to survive, the PIC utilizes purposeful publicity to persuade general society the amount we require for detainment facilities; utilizes public support to reinforce destructive lawfulness plans, for example, the "War on Drugs" ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The PIC could impact my community because most of my community is African American individuals/families. This system is known from breaking up families. When taking a father from the family it can affect the children because then it makes the child become rebellious to rules. Then that makes the child end up going into prison when in reality they are just reacting off of what the PIC did in the first place. Detainment facilities additionally have the impact of vanishing individuals from their communities, rendering them undetectable, socially dead, and hushing their voices. While it is imperative to abstain from depicting so as to romanticize detainees all of them as political dissenters, it is likewise basic to call attention to that the material conditions from which the dominant part of detainees come are those of incredible social ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 35. The Prison Industrial Complex And The United States Essay "One out of every 31 Americans (7 Million) are in prison, jail, or some other form of correctional supervision. A high incarceration rate in the United States has led to the prison–industrial complex, which has provided jobs and profits to legions of companies and people. The field of corrections is big business."1 I believe that this fact is the best way in which to start my paper. The main idea of corrections, as the name suggests, is to correct the behavior that has caused an offender to stray from the straight and narrow. However, as our prison population grows and recidivism rates increase we are not only seeing our prison system fail, but we are seeing a new and emerging industry take hold in this country. Increasing prison populations and the number of re–offenders is showing a relatively obvious failure of the current system. In my time as a criminal justice major I have taken a variety of classes on criminal justice, one of the most interesting for me (aside from this class) was restorative justice. In my restorative justice class I was introduced to the idea that the criminal justice system was taking the conflict away from the victim and the community and was focusing too much on punishment and not enough on rehabilitation. I understand that some people feel that restorative justice is too lenient, that by allowing offenders to bypass jail restorative justice gives them a pass and allows them to basically get away with an offense, however restorative ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 36. The Prison Industrial Complex Is The Economic... The prison–industrial complex is the economic interrelation between private prisons and various public and private job sectors that have become dependent on the expansion of the private prison system. A partial list of these sectors includes construction, pharmaceuticals, and law enforcement, including probation and parole. The prison–industrial complex also runs a cheap inmate labor force for various corporations. Approximately 2,266,800 adults are currently imprisoned in America. In addition to those numbers, more than 4 million citizens are on probation which means they are being monitored by the Government (Blades, J., Norquist, G., 2014). The State of Texas, which sentenced 400 teens to life sentences shows an example of how serious mass incarceration is, and the current conditions in America's prisons are unconstitutional stating that 70,000 prisoners are raped every year. According to national data from the US Department of Justice, over 7.2 million people are on probation, in jail or prison, or on parole. Furthermore, the US criminal justice system consumes $212 billion a year and employs 2.4 million people, more than Wal–Mart and McDonald 's combined, the nation 's two largest private employers" (Perkinson, 2010). According to the World Prison Brief in 2009, the United States had the highest incarceration rates, with 743 inmates per 100,000 people. In a 2003 report, Roy Walmsley noted that "more than three–fifths of countries (60.5%) have rates below 150 per ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 37. Prison Industrial Complex Essay The Prison Industrial Complex & Police Brutality as a Poor Black Man The prison industrial complex and police not be punished for the actions that they make are the most growing concerns of the safety of the Black man in America. The United States and Blacks in America are known to not have a great relationship historically. Racism and the power of money has made the prison industrial complex grow into the monster it has today. While Corporations like Mcdonald's and Walmart profit from the prison Industrial Complex, the prison system continues to have the wrong values. Prisons are now being for profit instead of rehabilitation and the people who are being effects the most are poor Black men. The Three Strike Law was one of the outcomes of the constant push by the corporations within the prison industrial complex. It is one of the leading reasons for the growing incarceration rate. Policies and hidden motives of high authorities in the US government have shown that the demographic being targeted, for the most part, are poor Black Men. Which explains for the imbalance of races in prisons today, with Blacks being imprisoned as the ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Prison Industrial Complex is a "A set of bureaucratic, political, and economic interests that encourage increased spending on imprisonment, regardless of the actual need. The prison–industrial complex is not a conspiracy, guiding the nation's criminal–justice policy behind closed doors. It is composed of politicians, both liberal and conservative, who have used the fear of crime to gain votes; impoverished rural areas where prisons have become a cornerstone of economic development; private companies that regard the roughly $35 billion spent each year on corrections not as a burden on American taxpayers but as a lucrative market. An interweaving of private business and government interests. (Aviram ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 38. The Prison Industrial Complex Prison Industrial Complex (PIC) is a term we use to describe the overlapping interests of government and industry that use surveillance, policing, and imprisonment as solutions to what are, in actuality, economic, social, and political "problems. Through its reach and impact, the prison industrial complex helps secure the authority of people who get their power through racial, economic and other structural privileges by defending current power distributions. It benefits government and industry, as well as those individuals who already hold power in our society. There are six components I believe contribute to the PIC. The components are criminalization, media, surveillance, policing, court system, and the prisons. Criminalization is the process ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... She says that although Jim Crow laws are now off the books, millions of blacks arrested for minor crimes remain marginalized and disfranchised, trapped by a criminal justice system that has forever branded them as felons and denied them basic rights and opportunities that would allow them to become productive, law–abiding citizens. The School–to–Prison Pipeline refers to the school policies and procedures that drive many of our nation's schoolchildren into a pathway that begins in school and ends in the criminal justice system. Behavior that once led to a trip to the principal's office and detention, such as school uniform violations, profanity and "talking back," now often leads to suspension, expulsion, and/or arrest. Today, largely as a result of "zero tolerance" policies that mandate harsh punishments for even minor misbehavior in ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 39. Prison Industrial Complex Research Paper The Prison Industrial Complex 2.2 million people are imprisoned in the U.S more than any other country in the world. 6.9 million of American adults are either incarcerated, on probation, or on parole. That is 1 in 35 american adults caught in the prison system and it's even worse for people of color. One of every 3 african american males born today will go to jail or prison at some point in their lives. The average sentence in the U.S is three years which is three time longer than in Germany. The war on drugs is also apart of the mass incarceration problem. Laws on drugs, such as Crack and Cocaine, are written to be somewhat "color blind," but is often times not the case. The 1986 Anti– Drug Abuse Act instituted a 5 year, without parole, ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 40. The Prison Industrial Complex And Police Brutality Essay Literature Review Over the last few years the hashtag Black Lives Matter has become a hot topic. This organization is trying to bring awareness to the issues that people of color face. They are also trying to bring "real" equality to people of color. Many non–people of color feel like black people are no longer oppressed. I plan to delve into systematic racism and how it is a real issue. I will be looking into the prison industrial complex, and police brutality examining how it relates back to slavery. Many police officers do not face consequences when they use excessive force, on people of color vs non– people of color. Just by looking at the current and past relationship between the police and people of color, needs to be addressed. It seems as if every time you turn around there is a person of color being killed on a daily basis by the police. There are too many people of color losing their lives by the hands of the police while other races are not. This relates to slavery and how slave patrols were used to keep runaway slaves in check. I will look into and how redlining of neighborhoods is a downward spiral as well. Especially when it comes to poverty and education. Even touching on when people use the hashtag all lives matter that you are overlooking/negating the issues that people of color face. All this leads to my research question; why do people of color suffer more from the effects of Systematic Racism than any other Race? Literature Review: The treatment of black ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...