Prisons in the United States

The Prison Industrial Complex

The key participants in the national corrections commercial complex are the government, policy makers and industries. It is because they have overlapping interests in the field of justice and law. The main areas of interest to the government and industries are policing, surveillance and imprisonment. The research in these key areas by the government and the industrial authorities help in getting solutions to the problems in economy and other social and political issues (Kraska & Brent, 2010).

Each participant in the corrections commercial complex works in close relationship to the other participants of the ...