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The Prison Industrial Complex

Intro to Criminology Fall 2013. The Prison Industrial Complex. The Prison Industrial Complex.

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The Prison Industrial Complex

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  1. Intro to Criminology Fall 2013 The Prison Industrial Complex

  2. The Prison Industrial Complex • 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.

  3. Incarceration Trends

  4. Paid between 93¢ and $4.73 per day, and collecting no benefits, prisoners are a cheap labor source for about 100 companies (source).

  5. If you’ve bought products by or from Starbucks, Nintendo, Victoria’s Secret, JC Penney, Sears, Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Eddie Bauer, Wendy’s, Proctor & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, Fruit of the Loom, Motorola, Caterpiller, Sara Lee, Quaker Oats, Mary Kay, or Microsoft, you are part of this system.

  6. Prison Labor is Cheap • Angela Davis on PIC

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