Why Do We Have Private Prisons

PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Join us on Patreon! The US imprisons more people than any other country in the world. Today, Danielle explores why so many Americans are incarcerated and why we've turned to private prisons to hold that population. Check out Nature League! Written and Hosted by: Danielle Bainbridge Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital Studios #PrivatePrisons #Incarceration #OriginOfEverything --- Follow us on... Facebook: Instagram: --- Origin of Everything is a show about the undertold histories and cultural dialogues that make up our collective story. From the food we eat, to the trivia and fun facts we can’t seem to get out of our heads, to the social issues we can’t stop debating, everything around us has a history. Origin of Everything is here to explore it all. We like to think that no topic is too small or too challenging to get started. Works Cited The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness Michelle Alexander Discipline and Punish Michel Foucault On restorative justice Michael Hallett Private Prisons in America Robert Perkinson Texas Tough Ruthie Gilmore Golden Gulag Angela Davis Are Prisons Obsolete? Marie Gottschalk Caught George Jackson (Soledad Brother and Blood in my Eyes) On violations at Riker’s Island in New York ~/media/ Last Meals Of Death Row Inmates Mary Ellen Curtis Black Prisoners and Their World, Alabama, 1865-1900