prison–industrial complex

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criminology concept critical theory concept political concept social concept

The prison–industrial complex refers to the overlapping interests of government and industry that use surveillance, policing, and imprisonment as solutions to social, economic, and political problems, often for profit and systemic control.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf criminology concept ⓘ
critical theory concept ⓘ
political concept ⓘ
social concept ⓘ
aimsAt maintaining social control ⓘ
managing surplus or marginalized populations ⓘ
analyzedIn Black feminist theory NERFINISHED ⓘ
abolitionist scholarship ⓘ
critical criminology ⓘ
associatedWith criminal justice system ⓘ
economic inequality ⓘ
for-profit prisons ⓘ
lobbying for punitive legislation ⓘ
mandatory minimum sentencing ⓘ
mass incarceration ⓘ
non-profit organizations tied to carceral expansion ⓘ
police militarization ⓘ
prison labor ⓘ
private prison corporations ⓘ
racial inequality ⓘ
surveillance technologies ⓘ
three-strikes laws ⓘ
tough-on-crime policies ⓘ
war on drugs ⓘ
conceptPopularizedBy Angela Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ
conceptUsedBy Critical Resistance NERFINISHED ⓘ
criticizedFor criminalizing mental illness ⓘ
criminalizing poverty ⓘ
criminalizing substance use ⓘ
expanding imprisonment as a response to social problems ⓘ
exploiting marginalized communities ⓘ
incentivizing higher incarceration rates ⓘ
normalizing surveillance ⓘ
perpetuating systemic racism ⓘ
profiting from incarceration ⓘ
shaping public policy for profit ⓘ
undermining rehabilitation ⓘ
describes overlapping interests of government and private industry in punishment and incarceration ⓘ
emergesFrom neoliberal economic policies ⓘ
punitive approaches to crime ⓘ
hasAlternativeName PIC NERFINISHED ⓘ
carceral industrial complex NERFINISHED ⓘ
prison industrial complex ⓘ
involves imprisonment ⓘ
policing ⓘ
surveillance ⓘ
linkedTo United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
late 20th century ⓘ
opposedBy decarceration advocates ⓘ
prison abolition movement ⓘ

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Mathematics → hasTheme → prison–industrial complex ⓘ
prison abolition movement → critiques → prison–industrial complex ⓘ
this entity surface form: prison-industrial complex
Are Prisons Obsolete? → mainSubject → prison–industrial complex ⓘ
this entity surface form: prison-industrial complex
Are Prisons Obsolete? → critiques → prison–industrial complex ⓘ
this entity surface form: prison-industrial complex