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Private Prisons in America: A Critical Race Perspective (Critical Perspectives in Criminology) by Michael A. Hallett, Randall Shelden (Foreword), Bruce A. Arrigo Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2006 ISBN-10: 0-252-07308-8 / 0252073088 ISBN-13: 978-0-252-07308-3 / 9780252073083 Under the auspices of a governmentally sanctioned "war on drugs," incarceration rates in the United States have risen dramatically since 1980. Increasingly, correctional administrators at all levels are turning to private, for-profit corporations to manage the swelling inmate population. Policy disc |