Prisons and jails charge inmates substantial portions of their annual wages for basic necessities.
A report released by the Corrections Accountability Project this week exposes over 3,100 corporations—including over 2,500 privately traded companies—that profit from the U.S. prison system.
Parental incarceration can lead to serious health and behavioral problems for children, in both youth and adulthood.
The Federal Communication Commission's cap on absurd prison phone call costs underscores the predatory rent-seeking of the prison-industrial complex.