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prison-industrial complex

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prison–industrial complex (plural prison-industrial complexes)

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

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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The prison-industrial complex and the military-industrial complex are here with us and are multi-billion dollar enterprises. We can make more money off the kid in Compton if he's a criminal instead of a scholar. It's business. Henry Rollins

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