Texas Prisons: The Business of Incarceration
Thursday, September 24, 2020
Category: Events
Texas is home to over 700 prisons and jails, which require complex infrastructure, a skilled workforce, and a variety of public and private providers to operate the multi-billion-dollar system efficiently. How is the Texas’ economy impacted by this facet of the criminal justice system? Join us to explore and discuss the history, legislation, data trends, ethics and priorities that shape and impact the business of incarceration in the Lone Star state.Conference VideosSchedule: All Sessions: 8 a.m.-10 a.m. CST Week 3: Thursday, September 24 Legislators Panel: Regulation, Reform, and the Path Forward: Ethics Exercises: Topic 1- Profits and Prisons: Participants will explore the success and effectiveness in the sector. Together they will seek to answer: What is the ROI for our state’s investment in prisons? Are they effective? For whom? Who profits from prisons? Is it ethical to profit from incarceration? Topic 2- The Cost of Prison Labor: As one of the few states that does not compensate prisoners for their labor, participants will join in discussion to explore why this is the case in the Lone Star state and debate whether it is a policy that should or should not continue. |