NCJ Number
163964
Journal
Howard Journal of Criminal Justice Volume: 35 Issue: 2 Dated: (May 1996) Pages: 161-174
Date Published
1996
Length
14 pages
Annotation
The operation of private prisons in New South Wales, Australia is analyzed and compared with the expansion of the nuclear power industry by transnational corporations in the 1960's and 1970's.
Abstract
Private, for-profit prison corporations are expanding in Australia faster than in any other country. These corporations are based in the United States and form part of the corrections-commercial complex. Observations in New South Wales suggest that the nature of these newly internationalized private prison corporations is neo- colonialist, both economically and culturally. It is analogous to the expansion of the nuclear power industry, initially by transnational United States corporations and more recently by other transnational corporations. This perspective suggests that the appropriateness of transnational, private, for-profit prison corporations operating prisons in Australia is highly questionable. Notes and 30 references (Author abstract modified)