Prison–industrial complex
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The term "prison–industrial complex" (PIC), derived from the "military–industrial complex" of the 1950s, describes the attribution of 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 for profit.
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See also
- Convict lease
- Prison abolition movement
- Federal Bureau of Prisons
- Incarceration in the United States
- Kids for cash scandal
- School-to-prison pipeline
- Critical Resistance
- Angela Davis
- Mentally ill people in United States jails and prisons
- List of U.S. states by incarceration rate
- List of countries by incarceration rate
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