Convention Resolution
Resolution 17: Prisons and Profits—The Big Business Behind Mass Incarceration
… business of for-profit incarceration was born. Between 1980 and 2011 the number of people incarcerated grew from 500,000 to 2.2 million. The rise in the rate of incarceration has had a disproportionate impact on individuals and communities of … facts show that the privatization of correctional facilities and services leads to inhumane conditions for the people who work in prisons and jails as well as those who are incarcerated. The need to maximize profits results in cutting corners on … have no restrictions. Many states make the restitution of voting rights a complicated and cumbersome process, making the right to vote a fiction rather than a practice. The end result of this pattern of discrimination is that 7.7% of African …