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QUESTION: states with policies allowing companies to set up shop in prison?

Submitted by Anonymooose on Fri, 05/30/2008 - 10:22am
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In a 2004 issue of Social Politics, Lynne Haney stated that 36 states have enacted policies allowing companies to set up shop in their prisons. How would I find out which states these are and, if the number of states have increased since then, which other states have enacted similar policies?

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Answer posted by: jenna

Working on it--in the meantime, perhaps check through the paper Ms. Haney cited for that statistic:
Atkinson, Rob and Knut Rostad. 2003. "Can Inmates Become an Integral Part of the U.S. Workforce?" Paper presented at the Urban Institute Reentry Roundtable, New York University, May 19-20.