Shawn Brooks 

Mr.Elish 
Political Economy  
12-12-17 
Topic: The Economic of Prisons (Why do Prisons receive some much money?)   
Bibliography 
 

Source One

Author: Matt Fener

Title of the Page: The Full Cost Of Incarceration In The U.S. Is Over $1 Trillion, Study Finds.

Company:Huffingtonpost.com

Date Published: 9-13-16

Date Last Viewed: 12-12-17

The significance of this article is to tell me what is the total price of incarceration. As the

title states, the cost is over $1 trillion dollars. This is a trillion dollars less that we could have for

more information matters. With this information, I can develop an estimate on just much money

could be saved per year.

Your Bibliography: Ferner, M. (2017). ​The Full Cost Of Incarceration In The U.S. Is Over $1

Trillion, Study Finds​. ​HuffPost UK​. Retrieved 12 December 2017, from

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mass-incarceration-cost_us_57d82d99e4b09d7a687fde21

Source Two

Author: Aimee Picchi

Title of the Page: The high price of incarceration in America

Company: cbs.com
Date Published: 5-8-14

Date Last Viewed: 12-12-17

The significance of this article is to tell me how much money is being given to prisons

per person. In the article, it states that each U.S. citizen is paying about $260. The article also

mentioned that this money is being used on a failing incarceration system. With this information,

I can better understand the situation and develop a solution.

Your Bibliography: Picchi, A. (2017). ​The high price of incarceration in America​. ​Cbsnews.com​.

Retrieved 14 December 2017, from

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-high-price-of-americas-incarceration-80-billion

Source Three

Author:Brian Kincade

Title of the Page: The Economics of the American Prison System

Company: SmartAsset.com

Date Published: 2-3-17

Date Last Viewed: 12-12-17

The significance of this article is to explain how prisons get the money they need to

function. In the article, it connects incarceration to the war on drugs. The war on drugs causes a

large growth in prisoners. As we already know, more prisoners mean more money. With this

information, I can better understand the purpose of prisons and figure out where the money could

go instead.
Your Bibliography: Kincade, B. (2017). ​The Economics of the American Prison System |

SmartAsset​. ​SmartAsset​. Retrieved 14 December 2017, from

https://smartasset.com/mortgage/the-economics-of-the-american-prison-system

Source Four

Director: Adam Conover

Title of the Page: The Shocking Way Private Prisons Make Money

Company: CollegeHumor

Date Published: 11-23-16

Date Last Viewed:12-13-17

The significance of this source is to show how private prisons operate. Private prisons run

just likely any other business. In addition, the video states that the effects of mass incarceration

don't reduce the crime rate. This means that we are paying for a system that doesn't work. With

this video, I can propose new solutions to reduce crime that is actually effective.

Your Bibliography: Conover, A. (2017). ​The Shocking Way Private Prisons Make Money​. Los

Angeles, California: CollegeHumor.

Source Five

Contributors:​ Donald Cohen, ​Shahrzad Habibi, Bob Lawson, Benjamin Davis, and Jeremy Mohler
Title of the Page: How Private Prison Take Tax Dollars Away from Fixing our Criminal Justice

System

Company:In The Public Interest.com

Date Published: 2-26-16

Date Last Viewed:12-13-17

The significance of this source is to follow up on the way that prisons make money. As

mentioned before, prisons are making money off a failing incarceration system. Considering how

much is being spent, we are actually taking away money we could be using to fix our Criminal

Justice System so they don't go to jail in the first place. With this information, I can consider a

better alternative for spending so much money on jail and fix the Criminal Justice System.

Your Bibliography: Cohen, D. (2017). ​How Private Prisons Take Tax Dollars Away from Fixing

Our Criminal Justice System – In the Public Interest​. ​Inthepublicinterest.org​. Retrieved 13

December 2017, from

https://www.inthepublicinterest.org/how-private-prisons-take-tax-dollars-away-from-fixing-our-

criminal-justice-system/

Source Six

Author: Eric Markowitz

Title of the Page:Making Profits on the Captive Prison Market

Company: The New Yorker

Date Published: 9-4-16

Date Last Viewed:12-13-17

 The significance of this article is to tell me information on much money goes to prisons

and how prisons make money. In the article, it questions prisons’ functionality. As I already

know, the Criminal Justice System needs to be reformed. With this source, I can develop a

solution improving the Criminal Justice System to reduce the crime rate and money we spent on

prisons.

Your Bibliography: Markowitz, E. (2017). ​Making Profits on the Captive Prison Market​. ​The

New Yorker​. Retrieved 13 December 2017, from

https://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/making-profits-on-the-captive-prison-market

Source Seven

Author: Andy Kroll

Title of the Page:This Is How Private Prison Companies Make Millions Even When Crime Rates

Fall

Company: Mother Jones

Date Published: 9-13-13

Date Last Viewed:12-13-17

The significance of this article is to explain how prisons make money even if crime fall.

In case, we are paying for an ineffective system meaning that we are wasting our money. As I

already know, the Criminal Justice System needs reform. With this source, I can understand the

flaws in the system and then fix them.

Your Bibliography: Kroll, A. (2017). ​This is how private prison corporations make millions even

when crime goes down​. ​Mother Jones​. Retrieved 13 December 2017, from

http://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2013/09/private-prisons-occupancy-quota-cca-crime/

Source Eight

Author: Rupert Neate

Title of the Page:Welcome to Jail Inc: how private companies make money off US prison

Company: The Guardian

Date Published: 6-16-16

Date Last Viewed:12-13-17

The significance of this article is to explain how U.S. prison operates like a business.

According to the article, the U.S. has the highest incarceration in the country listed. This means

that the amount of prisoners are increasing along with the number of money we are paying for

the prisons that they are in. Instead of trying to help and prevent money people from going to

prison, we are paying lots of money that we could save. With this information, I can help create a

solution to reducing the amount of money spent by reduce the amount of prison.

Your Bibliography: Neate, R. (2017). ​Welcome to Jail Inc: how private companies make money

off US prisons​. ​the Guardian​. Retrieved 13 December 2017, from

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jun/16/us-prisons-jail-private-healthcare-companies

-profit

Source Nine
Author: Alana Semuels

Title of the Page: The Financial Toll of Mass Incarceration on American Families

Company: The Atlantic

Date Published: 9-15-15

Date Last Viewed:12-14-17

The significance of this article is to explain the major effects that incarceration has

American families. According to the article, when someone from a family goes to prison, their

families lose a set of income from that person. As I already know, U.S. family already have to

pay such much money for prison and a lot of income for a person makes in even more difficult to

manage a life. With this information, I can figure out to reduce the number of prisoners and save

money.

Your Bibliography: Semuels, A. (2017). ​The Financial Toll of Mass Incarceration on

American Families​. ​The Atlantic​. Retrieved 14 December 2017, from

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/09/the-true-costs-of-mass-incarceration/

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Source Ten

Author: Dorothy Roberts

Title of the Page: THE SOCIAL AND MORAL COST OF MASS INCARCERATION IN

AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES

Company: UPenn
Date Published: April 2004

Date Last Viewed:12-14-17

The significance of this article is to explain the effects of mass incarceration on African

American communities. As of right now, there is a large percentage of African Americans that

are incarcerated. As matter of fact, the pdf shows that major of the amount of people

incarceration are African Americans. With this information, I can learn why so African

Americans are incarceration and figure how to reduce that number in order reduce the amount of

prisons and the amount of money spent.

Your Bibliography: ​THE SOCIAL AND MORAL COST OF MASS INCARCERATION IN

AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES​. (2017) (pp. 1272-1300). Philadelphia. Retrieved from
https://www.law.upenn.edu/cf/faculty/roberts1/workingpapers/b56StanLRev1271(2004).pdf

Source Eleven
Author: David Shapiro

Title of the Page: Private Prisons and Mass Incarceration

Company: ACLU

Date Published: 11-2 11

Date Last Viewed:12-14-17

The significance of this article is to learn more about the connection between prison and

mass incarceration. As I already know, prisons make tons of money off of mass incarceration

and the Criminal Justice System. The source verifies that the U.S. has the highest incarceration

rate in the world. With this source, I can better understand the connection between private

prisons and mass incarceration to come up with a solution.

Bibliography: Shapiro, D. (2017). ​Private Prisons and Mass Incarceration​. New York City:

ACLU. Retrieved from

file:///home/chronos/u-aef822ddfa29b0e74a3ebc6000be98df4a5fdaf8/Downloads/PrivatePrisons

andMassIncarceration%20(1).pdf

Source Twelve
Author: Marc Santora

Title of the Page: City's Annual Cost Inmate Is 168,000, Study Finds

Company: NY Times

Date Published: 8-23-13

Date Last Viewed: 12-14-17

The significance of this source is to inform me with more information of how much

money is being spent per inmate. In this source, it states that New York pays around $168,000.

This is a large amount of money that could be saved if an alternative is presented. With this

source, I can develop that alternative.

Your Bibliography: Santora, M. (2017). ​City’s Annual Cost Per Inmate Is $168,000, Study Finds.​
Nytimes.com​. Retrieved 14 December 2017, from
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/24/nyregion/citys-annual-cost-per-inmate-is-nearly-168000-study-says.
html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=F569E33AD1A302921FEB8CB211676BD1&gwt=pay

Source Thirteen
Author: Matt Speiser

Title of the Page: Taxpayers are paying more than ever to jail citizen for one depressingly simple

reason
Company: Business Insider

Date Published: 5-22-15

Date Last Viewed: 12-14-15

This significance of this source is to explain how taxpayers are paying a lot of money for

prison. As I already know, the system that we using for our Criminal Justice System is failing.

This of course means that we are wasting money we don’t have to waste. With this source, I can

learned why we keep using this system and create a better one.

Your Bibliography: Speiser, M. (2017). Taxpayers are paying more than ever to jail citizens for

one depressingly simple reason. Business Insider Australia. Retrieved 15 December 2017, from

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/taxpayers-are-paying-more-than-ever-to-jail-citizens-for-on

e-depressingly-simple-reason-2015-5/

Source Thirteen

Author: U.S Department of Education

Title of the Page: Increase in Spending on Corrections Far Outpace Education

Company: U.S. Department of Education

Date Published: 7-7-16

Date Last Viewed: 12-22-17

This significance of this source is to explain the connection between school funding and

prison funding. As stated in the article, the money increases for prisons corrections outweigh the

amount of money increased for schools. The article also starts that the money used for prison

funding can be put towards to decrease the changes of them going to jail in the first place. With
this information, I can used this apart of my policy funding for us to stop wasting money on

prisons.

Your Bibliography: ​Report: Increases in Spending on Corrections Far Outpace Education | U.S.

Department of Education​. (2017). ​Ed.gov​. Retrieved 22 December 2017, from

https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/report-increases-spending-corrections-far-outpace-education