Prison, Inc. : : A Convict Exposes Life Inside a Private Prison / / K.C. Carceral; ed. by Thomas J. Bernard.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Carceral, K.C.,
• MitwirkendeR: Bernard, Thomas J.,
• HerausgeberIn: Bernard, Thomas J.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2005]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Series: Alternative Criminology ; 14
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Prison, Inc. provides a first-hand account of life behind bars in a controversial new type of prison facility: the private prison. These for-profit prisons are becoming increasingly popular as state budgets get tighter. Yet as privatization is seen as a necessary and cost-saving measure, not much is known about how these facilities are run and whether or not they can effectively watch over this difficult and dangerous population. For the first time, Prison, Inc. provides a look inside one of these private prisons as told through the eyes of an actual inmate, K.C. Carceral who has been in the prison system for over twenty years.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- PART I: Welcome to Enterprise -- 1. The Politics of Enterprise Prison -- 2. Orientation -- 3. New Prison Problems -- PART II: Guerrilla Warfare -- 4. Wild Wild West -- 5. Beat Down Crew -- 6. The Zoo -- PART III: My Tour -- 7. Caught Up -- 8. The Other Enemy -- 9. Gang Related -- 10. Seg Time -- PART IV: An Exercise in Futility -- 11. Riot -- 12. Lockdown -- 13. Aftermath -- PART V: Taking Control -- 14. The Masters -- 15. The Servants -- 16. The Power -- PART VI: Analysis -- 17. Factors Contributing to Violence and Its Control -- Notes -- Glossary -- About the Author and the Editor