Prison Industrial Complex
n. the shared interests of government and businesses that use surveillance, policing, and imprisonment as solutions to economic, social and political problems.
n. the shared interests of government and businesses that use surveillance, policing, and imprisonment as solutions to economic, social and political problems.
aka: locking poor people up when they're forced to commit crimes to survive instead of addressing the fact capitalism requires a 'frictional population' (portion of people living in poverty) is a convenient solution for the government and profitable for the private prison industry.
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Where to learn more
Where to learn more
Short Readings:
- What is the PIC?
- Reflections on the Prison Industrial Complex
- Race, Gender, and the Prison Industrial Complex
Videos:
Zines:
Books:
- Are Prisons Obsolete? - Angela Davis
- Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex - Eric A. Stanley (Editor); Nat Smith (Editor); CeCeMcDonald (Foreword)