The Market for Prisoners: Business, Crime and Punishment in the 'American Dream'
Posted: 13 Feb 2012
Date Written: December 7, 2010
Abstract
In 2010, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the largest private prison operator in the U.S., was considering expansion options. The company's largest customers, federal and state governments, were under economic pressure to reduce the incarceration rate and lower operating costs, potentially jeopardizing CCA's profits. Should CCA follow its competitor's footsteps and expand overseas? Or could it count on an ever-increasing population of U.S. prisoners to fuel continued growth?
Learning Objective: To teach about how ideology affects some markets.
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Di Tella, Rafael and Winig, Laura, The Market for Prisoners: Business, Crime and Punishment in the 'American Dream' (December 7, 2010). Harvard Business School BGIE Unit Case No. 710-042, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2004507
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