Intro to Criminology Fall 2013
The term prison–industrial complex (PIC) is used to attribute 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.
Paid between 93¢ and $4.73 per day, and collecting no benefits, prisoners are a cheap labor source for about 100 companies (source).
If youve bought products by or from Starbucks, Nintendo, Victorias Secret, JC Penney, Sears, Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Eddie Bauer, Wendys, Proctor & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, Fruit of the Loom, Motorola, Caterpiller, Sara Lee, Quaker Oats, Mary Kay, or Microsoft, you are part of this system.
Prison Labor is CheapLabor Angela Davis on PIC