The theme of this week is immigration, and more specifically, the criminalization of immigrants. In “The criminalization of immigration and the privatization of the immigration detention: implications for justice”, Ackerman and Furman talk about how the criminalization of immigrants and the privatization of their detention centers and how they are correlated and work together. They discuss how according to federal law, crossing the US border is an administrative violation. Some states have taken it further and made laws so that it is a criminal violation. Certain states did not make it illegal for them to reside in them, but they made laws that would criminalize essential aspects of the lives of undocumented immigrants. For example, there are laws that prohibit immigrants from seeking a driver's or business license, which causes them to drive without a license or engage in a felony. Essentially, certain laws make it harder for undocumented immigrants to go about their everyday lives.
There is a theory that many private prison corporations focus more on making money rather than the safety and security of their inmates. In fact, the government has been a loyal partner and contributor to the movement towards the privatization of corrections. This may be because private prison companies give money to state and federal politicians.
Bringing undocumented immigrants and the privatization of the immigration detention together, there have been new laws that make it easier for undocumented immigrants to get themselves in trouble during their everyday lives which can cause them to be sent to detention centers where they are not recognized or taken care of well enough because of greedy private prison companies.
Question: What exactly do private prison companies gain from the government’s support?
References:
Ackerman, Alissa, and Rich Furman. "The Criminalization of Immigration and the Privatization of the Immigration Detention: Implications for Justice." Taylor and Francis Online. N.p., 2013. Web. 14 Feb. 2019.
Syntaxes Cartoons and Comics - Funny Pictures from CartoonStock. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Feb. 2019.
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