Document Type
Blog Posting
Publication Date
11-15-2010
Abstract
The author discusses a new NPR article, “Prison Economics Help Drive Arizona Immigration Law,” that sheds light into the role that the private prison industry played in pushing forward Arizona´s controversial legislation, SB 1070. She relates this to the theory of prison-industrial complex postulated by Angela Davis, professor and former Black Panther member, and concludes that private corporations should not have influence or participate in drafting legislation because they do not have the public welfare at interest.
Recommended Citation
Goldberg, Isis. “A Modern Twist on the Prison Industrial Complex.” The Modern America Blog, entry posted November 15, 2010. http://wclmodernamerican.blogspot.com/2010/11/modern-twist-on-prison-industrial.html (accessed November 19, 2010).