One of the complex issues discussed here has to do with prison as an industry.
Prison-Industrial Complex:
The term prison-industrial complex refers to the economic interrelation between prisons and the various public and private job sectors that have become dependent on the expansion of the prison system. A partial list of these sectors includes construction, pharmaceuticals, and law enforcement, including probation and parole. The prison-industrial complex also provides a cheap labor force for various corporations. The growth of the prison-industrial complex in the United States has come at the expense of predominantly black and Latino communities.
- from the "Encyclopedia of Race and Racism"
(linked & cited below)
Source citation: Gutierrez, Alberto. "Prison-Industrial Complex." Encyclopedia of Race and Racism, edited by Patrick L. Mason, 2nd ed., vol. 3, Macmillan Reference USA, 2013, pp. 347-351. Gale eBooks, https://link-gale-com.ezproxy.greenriver.edu/apps/doc/CX4190600355/GVRL?u=aubu98092&sid=GVRL&xid=b5d19735. Accessed 18 Aug. 2020.
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Creating Criminals: Prisons and People in a Market Society by 
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