Prisons, Population, and Jobs in Nonmetro America

Calvin L. Beale

Rural America/ Rural Development Perspectives, 1992, vol. 08, issue 3

Abstract: Has the punishment of urban crime become a rural growth industry? The prison population has more than doubled since 1980, and nonmetro areas are receiving more new prisons and housing more inmates than are metro areas. Government preference to build new facilities in campus-like settings with ample acreage, combined with the willingness of rural communities to accept prisons for their employment, has produced this trend.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1992
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.311016

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