Sartre Batr: Private Prisons and the Enslavement Society.

What more time honored practice in the long history of state sponsored servitude, than the institutionalization of prisoners? Incarceration for offenses against government laws is a cornerstone for power and survivability of any regime. Prisons may have been hellholes over the centuries, but seldom has the internment of convicted lawbreakers been a growth industry for private profit. It almost makes one wonder, exactly who are the crooks. While most hard pressed citizens want a safe and secure society, few ever give even a passing thought to the insatiable corporatist criminalization of the criminal justice system. Just how many Americans agree with the proposition, if you did the crime, you need to serve the time. All loyal law and order proponents can take pride in the one area, where the imperium of government discipline still ranks first among nations. A Global Research article, The Prison Industry in the United States: Big Business, or a New Form of Slavery? points out some staggering facts. There are approximately 2 million inmates in state, federal and private prisons throughout the country. According to California Prison Focus, no other society in human history, has imprisoned so many of its own citizens. The figures show, that the United States has locked up more people than any other country, a half million more than China, which has a population five times greater than the US Statistics, reveal that the United States holds 25% of the world's prison population, but only 5% of the world's people. From less than 300,000 inmates in 1972, the jail population grew to 2 million by the year 2000. In 1990, it was one million. Ten years ago, there were only five private prisons in the country, with a population of 2,000 inmates. Now, there are 100, with 62,000 inmates. It is expected that by the coming decade, the number will hit 360,000, according to reports. Just imagine the hidden solution to the high unemployment economy, is staring in our faces, without even a hint of public reaction. The ultimate entrepreneurial partnership, allows for corporate security firms to house government dissenters, or rebellious non conformers. Private prisons are the biggest business in the prison industry complex. About 18 corporations guard 10,000 prisoners in 27 states. The two largest are Correctional Corporation of America (CCA), and Wackenhut, which together control 75%. Private prisons receive a guaranteed amount of money for each prisoner, independent of what it costs to maintain each one.