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Author:
Harris, Duchess.
Title:
For-profit prisons / by Duchess Harris, with Cynthia Kennedy Henzel.
Publisher:
Essential Librari/Abdo Pub.
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
112 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Privatization--Law and legislation--Juvenile literature.
Corrections--Contracting out--United States--Juvenile literature.
Criminal justice, administration of--Juvenile literature.
Prisons--United States.
Prisons--Law and legislation--Law and legislation--Juvenile literature.
Other Authors:
Henzel, Cynthia Kennedy, 1954-
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-109) and index.
Contents:
Kids for cash -- Prisoners for profit -- The return of private prisons -- Public vs. private -- Inmate care -- Prisons and politics -- Immigrant detention -- The future of for-profit prisons.
Summary:
"For-Profit Prisons takes a close look at the side of the US prison system that relies on for-profit companies. It explores the history behind for-profit prisons in the United States as well as varying opinions about the ethics of for-profit prisons."--Google books.
Series:
History of Crime and Punishment
ISBN:
1532119186
9781532119187
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1089566250
LCCN:
2018965870
Locations:
HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City)

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