Industries behind bars: An economic perspective on the production of goods and services by U.S. prison industries

Review of Industrial Organization

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-16

  Pryor, Frederic L ^a  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Prison industries; Production

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRY; PRODUCTION COST; SERVICE PROVISION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 25144445462     PISSN: 0889938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11151-005-4401-3     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. American Correctional Association (ACA) (2002) National Jail and Adult Detention Directory. Maryland, Lanham.
2. Deloitte and Touche (1991) Independent Market Study of UNICOR, Federal Prisons Industries, Inc., Report to Congress on Study Findings and Recommendations. Washington, DC.
3. National Correctional Industries Association (NCIA) (2003) 2003 Directory. Baltimore.
4. Petersik, T. W., T. K. Nayak, and M. K. Foreman (2003) Identifying Beneficiaries of PIE Inmate Incomes, Report of the Center for Economic Research, George Washington University and of the National Correctional Industries Association. Washington, D.C.
5. Reynolds, M. O. (1996). "Factories Behind Bars," National Center for Policy Analysis Report 206 Dallas, Texas.
6. U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (1998) Bulletin: Profile of Jail Inmates 1996, Washington, D.C.
7. U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (2003) Bulletin: Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2002. Washington, D.C.
8. U.S. Bureau of the Census 1976 Historical Statistics of the United States GPO Washington, DC