This article explains the privatizations of prisons in the United States. It starts by discussing globalization and outsourcing and their relationships to the way prison industrial complex in the US. The authors assert that the privatization was really just of an easier version of outsourcing. Having private prisons where labor is abundant and cheap would mean not having to go somewhere like Mexico for labor. They also argue that the privatization of prisons is a result of globalization because globalization encourages the “maximum privatization of government services”. This article also emphasizes the early beginnings of privatization (which was in the 1980s when prison were becoming increasingly crowded. The authors highlight that during
