{"product_id":"the-american-prison-business-jessica-mitford-9781032355566","title":"The American Prison Business","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1974, \u003ci\u003eThe American Prison Business \u003c\/i\u003estudies the lunacies, the delusions, and the bizarre inner workings of the American prison business. From the first demonstration that the penitentiary is an American invention that was initiated by the late eighteenth-century reformers, to the startling revelations, in the chapter called 'Cheaper than Chimpanzees' of how pharmaceutical companies lease prisoners as human guinea-pigs, every page stimulates and surprises the reader as Jessica Mitford describes, inter alia the chemical, surgical and psychiatric techniques used to help 'violent' prisoners to be 'reborn'; why businessmen tend to be more enthusiastic than the prisoners they employ in the 'rent-a-con' plan; and the Special Isolation Diet which tastes like inferior dog food. Jessica Mitford's financial analysis of the prison business is a scoop. Her hard-eyed examination of how parole really works is a revelation. As the prison abolition movement continues to gain momentum, this book will provide food for thought for legislators, officials and students of sociology, law, criminology, penology, and history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jessica Mitford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032355565\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032355566\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Jessica Mitford","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46233224708351,"sku":"9781032355566","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9e940c45-9d25-4222-97cc-2643fcf1b409.jpg?v=1728992416","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-american-prison-business-jessica-mitford-9781032355566","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}