監獄工業複合體

美國高監禁率的原因

監獄工業複合體(英語:Prison-Industrial ComplexPIC),也稱監工複合體,是工業複合體的一種,該詞源自1950年代的軍工複合體一詞,用來描述美國監獄私有化後囚犯人數迅速增加、逐步成為全世界監禁率最高國家的現象,其中私人監獄向政府和企業提供商品和服務以牟取暴利。[1] [2]

常見的監工複合體是簽訂廉價合同的監獄勞動公司,建築公司,大規模監視技術供應商,經營監獄食品服務和醫療設施的公司。懲教人員工會,私人訓誡英語Private probation公司,律師遊說團體代表他們的利益。[3][4]

美國公民自由聯盟認為,與國營監獄相比,私人監獄公司從貧困社區中牟利的程度相當多。紐約時報托馬斯·埃德爾(Thomas B.Edsall)指出:監禁服務的商業化程度越高,對窮人的服務成本就越高。[5]

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參考資料

  1. ^ Selman, Donna; Leighton, Paul. Punishment for Sale: Private Prisons, Big Business, and the Incarceration Binge. Rowman & Littlefield. 2010: 78 [2022-04-13]. ISBN 978-1442201736. (原始內容存檔於2022-04-13). 
  2. ^ 引用錯誤:沒有為名為:21的參考文獻提供內容
  3. ^ Harcourt, Bernard (2012). The Illusion of Free Markets: Punishment and the Myth of Natural Order頁面存檔備份,存於網際網路檔案館). Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674066162 p. 236
  4. ^ Alex Friedmann (15 January 2012). The Societal Impact of the Prison Industrial Complex, or Incarceration for Fun and Profit—Mostly Profit頁面存檔備份,存於網際網路檔案館). Prison Legal News. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  5. ^ Samilton, Tracy (September 29, 2014). "ACLU says "pay or stay" is modern-day version of debtors prisons". Michigan Radio.

延伸閱讀

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  • Oldfield, M. "Talking Quality, Meaning McDonalds, the Market and the Probation Service." Probation Journal (v. 41/4, 1994)

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