Skip navigation
Prison Legal News
× You've used up your 3 free articles for this month. Subscribe today.

The Punishment Economy: Winners and Losers in the Business of Mass Incarceration

Loaded on May 1, 2021 by Daniel A. Rosen published in Prison Legal News May, 2021, page 1
Filed under: Effects of Mass Incarceration. Location: United States of America.

by Daniel A. Rosen

“This is an industry that profits from human suffering.”

—David Fathi, Director, ACLU’s
National Prison Project

Starting with math may be a bad idea, but numbers help tell this story: In Virginia, keeping the average prisoner behind bars costs taxpayers about $30,000 per year; in some ...

 

Full article and associated cases available to subscribers.

As a digital subscriber to Prison Legal News, you can access full text and downloads for this and other premium content.

Subscribe today

Already a subscriber? Login

More from this issue:

  1. The Punishment Economy: Winners and Losers in the Business of Mass Incarceration, by Daniel A. Rosen
  2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
  3. Use of Solitary Confinement During Pandemic Detrimental To Prisoners and Not Slowing Spread of COVID-19, by Chad Marks
  4. Why Did a St. Louis Man Die in a Federal Prison Coronavirus Hotspot?, by Mike Fitzgerald
  5. Texas Prisons Close Amid Pandemic, by Jayson Hawkins
  6. The Importance of Establishing Veterans Benefits While in Prison, by Art Gage
  7. Alabama Prisons, Among Deadliest for COVID-19, Not Prepared to Vaccinate Prisoners, by Kevin Bliss
  8. ICE Holding Cuban Detainee for 11 Years and Counting Following Florida Prison Release, by Daniel A. Rosen
  9. Amid Widespread Calls for Abolition, Mariame Kaba Sheds Light With Latest Book, by Juliette LaMarr
  10. Massachusetts Uses Medical Parole to Avoid In-Custody Deaths From COVID-19, by Daniel A. Rosen
  11. Second Circuit Reinstates Acquitted New York City Man’s Claims of Police Due Process Violations and Excessive Use of Force by Jailers, by Matthew Clarke
  12. Music Project Brings Prisoners’ Stories to Life in Song, by Daniel A. Rosen
  13. Report: Massachusetts Prisons Continue to Fail on Mental Health Care, by Jayson Hawkins
  14. Idaho Supreme Court Orders Release of Death Penalty Related Documents, by David Reutter
  15. Federal Court: COVID-19 Vaccine Must be Available to All Oregon Prisoners, by David Reutter
  16. BOP’s Terminal Island Response Sparked COVID-19 Spread, by Mark Wilson
  17. Second Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment in Lawsuit Alleging New York Guard Sexually Assaulted Female Prisoners, by David Reutter
  18. Qualified Immunity Granted on Claim of Sleep Deprivation From Guard Noise During Suicide-Prevention Checks in California, by David Reutter
  19. Texas Moves to Deny Housing for Released Prisoners, by Edward Lyon
  20. California State Prisoners Pay Teen’s School Tuition, by Edward Lyon
  21. Smoking on the Chain Gang, by David Reutter
  22. Medical Copays for Prisoners Suspended in Several States Due to COVID-19, by Daniel A. Rosen
  23. Washington State Governor Signs Bill Banning Private Prisons Statewide, by Juliette LaMarr
  24. Pandemic Medical Update: Vaccines, Variants and More, by Michael D. Cohen, MD
  25. Southern Republican Senators Criticize Third Pandemic Relief Bill for Giving Payments to Prisoners, by Matthew Clarke
  26. Broad Support for North Carolina Bill to Bar Shackling Pregnant Prisoners, by Daniel Matheson
  27. Judge Slaps Arizona With $1.1 Million Fine Over Prison Health Care, by David Reutter
  28. HRDC Wins FOIA Lawsuit filed in Washington State for Unredacted ICE Documents, by David Reutter
  29. With the majority of corrections officers declining the COVID-19 vaccine, incarcerated people are still at serious risk, by Wendy Sawyer, Wanda Bertram
  30. Report: Private Company Rubber-Stamps Inspections of Abuse-Ridden ICE Detention Camps, by Kevin Bliss
  31. Family of San Quentin Prisoner Who Died of COVID-19 Due to “Horribly Botched Transfer” Files Lawsuit, by Douglas Ankney
  32. Report Calls for the End of Solitary Confinement at Michigan Prisons, by Kevin Bliss
  33. Washington Supreme Court Holds Ongoing Contempt Not Required to Impose Sanctions for Violating Injunction Against Releasing Sex Offender Records, by Matthew Clarke
  34. Repairing Credit After Release from Prison, by Kevin Bliss
  35. Report: Border Patrol Misappropriated Funds and Failed to Provide Proper Medical Care to Accurately Report Migrant Deaths, by Douglas Ankney
  36. Lawsuit Over Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Fatal Asthma Attack Allegedly Triggered by Excessive Use of Pepper Spray, by Matthew Clarke
  37. Biden’s Justice Department Nomination Faces Aggressive Opposition From Senate Republicans, by Juliette LaMarr
  38. Narrowing the Remedial Gap: Damages for Disability Discrimination in Outsourced Federal Programs, by Margo Schlanger
  39. COVID-19 Kills Jeffery Epstein’s Former Cellmate, by Edward Lyon
  40. News in Brief
  41. Banksy Artwork Appears on Jail in England, by David Reutter

More from Daniel A. Rosen:

More from these topics: