The following is a series of publications on the Prison Industrial Complex, by CJCJ's Senior Research Fellow Randall G. Shelden, Ph.D. [http://www.sheldensays.com]

[Why are we so Punitive? Some Observations on Recent Incarceration Trends] (PDF)

[The New American Apartheid] (PDF)

[It's More Profitable to Treat the Disease than to Prevent it: Why the Prison Industrial Complex Needs Crime] (PDF)