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Recidivism And The Convict Labor Market: A Cross-Country Comparison Of Recidivism Trends In For-Profit Prisons, Alex T. Basinger
Recidivism And The Convict Labor Market: A Cross-Country Comparison Of Recidivism Trends In For-Profit Prisons, Alex T. Basinger
DISCOVERY: Georgia State Honors College Undergraduate Research Journal
Throughout the United States, United Kingdom, China, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand, prisoners are employed for less than $1 per hour in agriculture, manufacturing, public works projects, and dozens of other industries. The privately owned prison companies Corrections Corporation of America, G4S, Sodexo Justice Services, and Serco vie for government contracts to build, staff, and regulate prisons and prisoners. Other entities, such as China’s Laogai and The USA’s Federal Prison Industries, are ingrained into the national government. Prisoner labor produces billions of dollars in goods and services every year. When crime and recidivism increase, for-profit prisons receive inexpensive laborers. This …
City At Bay: Society’S Response To The Atlanta Child Murders, Jeffrey Hawkins
City At Bay: Society’S Response To The Atlanta Child Murders, Jeffrey Hawkins
DISCOVERY: Georgia State Honors College Undergraduate Research Journal
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