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Private prisons : mixing punishment & profit.

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Professor Paul Leighton analyzes the policies and practices of private prison initiatives in three separate countries. He identifies areas of social concern and addresses issues that come about when prisons need to make a profit off their inmate population.

Bibliographic Details
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:Closed-captioned in English.
Published: London : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2017.
Subjects:
Prisons.
Privatization.
Corrections > Contracting out.
Privatisation.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video
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Summary:Professor Paul Leighton analyzes the policies and practices of private prison initiatives in three separate countries. He identifies areas of social concern and addresses issues that come about when prisons need to make a profit off their inmate population.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (14 min., 44 sec.)) : sound, colour.
ISBN:9781473973923
1473973929