Prison Payoff: The Role of Politics in the Incarceration Boom

In November 2000, Western Prison Project released The Prison Payoff: the Role of Politics in the Incarceration Boom. 40 pages long, it document the links between corporate interests and political interests that have created a huge shift in public resources to prison construction and maintenance. The report also provides activists with information and ideas that can further work underway throughout the country to turn the tide of increasing incarceration and create effective, community-based alternatives.

With art by Matt Wuerker and Laure Heinz. 

Read and Download the Prison Payoff. This is a large PDF file (1.4 MB) that may take up to 2 minutes to load on a dial up connection. Requires Acrobat Reader.