That entire article has absolutely zilch to say about the role of prison privatisation or the development of a prison-industrial complex. Increased rates of imprisonment provide new outlets for capital in construction, security, and contracted out operation of prison facilities. It also provides for cheap labor for corporations. None of this gets a mention.
Cheers, Ken Hanly --- Charles Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mass immiseration is a secular trend in capitalism. > > CB > > ^^^^^^^^ > > U.S.A. leads the world > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > NY Times, April 23, 2008 > American Exception > Inmate Count in U.S. Dwarfs Other Nationsâ > By ADAM LIPTAK > > The United States has less than 5 percent of > the worldâs population. But > it has almost a quarter of the worldâs prisoners. > > Indeed, the United States leads the world in > producing prisoners, a > reflection of a relatively recent and now entirely > distinctive American > approach to crime and punishment. Americans > are locked up for crimes â > from writing bad checks to using drugs â > that would rarely produce > prison sentences in other countries. And in > particular they are kept > incarcerated far longer than prisoners in other > nations. > > Criminologists and legal scholars in other > industrialized nations say > they are mystified and appalled by the number > and length of American > prison sentences. > > full: > http://lists.econ.utah.edu/pipermail/marxism/2008-April/027275.html > > > > This message has been scanned for malware by > SurfControl plc. www.surfcontrol.com > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > Blog: http://kenthink7.blogspot.com/index.html Blog: http://kencan7.blogspot.com/index.html _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
