prison-industrial complex

Noun

The socioeconomic combination of prisons and the private businesses that supply them with goods and services.

Japanese Meaning

刑務所と、それらに商品やサービスを提供する民間企業との経済的・社会的結びつきを指す概念 / 刑務所産業複合体：刑務所システムとそれを支える私企業のネットワークの関係を示す用語

What is this buttons?

Activists organized a panel to discuss how the prison-industrial complex influences sentencing and labor practices.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

活動家たちは、刑務所とそれに物資やサービスを提供する民間企業が結びついた社会経済的構造が判決や労働慣行にどのように影響を及ぼすかを議論するためのパネルを開催した。

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Sense（1）

The socioeconomic combination of prisons and the private businesses that supply them with goods and services.

[…]if we pursue the privatisation of prisons, a large industry will develop. Over the past two or three years many hon. Members have been lobbied by the private prison groups. They are already organised and are paying political consultants and lobbying companies. Some of them have paid Conservative Members—not Labour Members [to lobby for private prisons.¶The prison industrial complex already existed and Conservative Members were taking the King's shilling years ago in respect of that professional lobby.

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