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The Business of Incarcerating People - What happens when prisons become a business? This documentary exposes the hidden world of private prisons — where inmates become profit, violence becomes routine, and billion-dollar corporations control human lives. Inside South Africa’s infamous Mangaung Prison, guards, journalists and former employees reveal shocking allegations of abuse, torture, electroshock punishments, forced injections and systemic corruption. But this story goes far beyond one prison. It reveals how the global prison industry transformed incarceration into a lucrative business model worth billions. Who profits from mass imprisonment? Can a prison company ever prioritize rehabilitation over revenue? And what happens when human beings become financial assets?
The Business of Incarcerating People (Year)
Director: Carole Poliquin
Writers: Carole Poliquin
Genre: Documentary, Crime, Society, Economy
Country: Canada
Language: English, French
Also Known As: Prisons for Profit, L’industrie carcérale
Release Date: 2009
Filming Locations: United States and Canada
Synopsis:
private prison documentary, prison industry, prison corruption, prison business documentary, g4s documentary, mass incarceration documentary, prison system exposed, prison abuse documentary, billion dollar prison industry, prison economics, prison privatization, human rights documentary, south africa prison documentary, prison violence exposed, moconomy documentary
Chapters:
00:00 – The Hidden Reality of Private Prisons
01:31 – Life Inside Mangaung Prison
04:27 – Letters From Inmates
05:08 – The Rise of G4S
06:19 – Selling the Promise of Rehabilitation
07:09 – Becoming a Prison Guard
11:09 – Violence Inside the Prison
17:00 – Electroshock and Riot Control
18:45 – Leaked Footage Changes Everything
22:23 – Torture Allegations
24:22 – The Emergency Security Teams
26:46 – Inside the Use of Force
28:03 – Water, Electricity and Punishment
32:11 – Prisoners Speak Out
33:18 – The Business of Rehabilitation
35:12 – Global Scandals Around Private Detention
37:18 – Why Governments Keep Outsourcing
39:05 – The Psychological Damage on Guards
41:40 – “Adapt or Die”
44:08 – Profit vs Human Rights
46:01 – The Attack on a Prison Officer
49:01 – The Massive Prison Strike
50:41 – Unqualified Guards and State Intervention
53:10 – Returning to a Broken System
58:52 – Prisoners Rights in South Africa
59:52 – Forced Psychiatric Drug Injections
01:02:01 – The Investigation Goes Global
01:05:31 – Allegations of a Cover-Up
01:07:08 – The Economics Behind Prison Contracts
01:09:13 – The 30% Profit Problem
01:11:22 – Staffing Cuts and Unsafe Conditions
01:12:39 – Inmates as Commercial Assets
01:13:07 – Why More Crime Means More Profit
01:15:24 – Fired After 16 Years
01:18:02 – Should Prisons Ever Be For Profit?
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The Business of Incarcerating People - What happens when prisons become a business? This documentary exposes the hidden world of private prisons — where inmates become profit, violence becomes routine, and billion-dollar corporations control human lives. Inside South Africa’s infamous Mangaung Prison, guards, journalists and former employees reveal shocking allegations of abuse, torture, electroshock punishments, forced injections and systemic corruption. But this story goes far beyond one prison. It reveals how the global prison industry transformed incarceration into a lucrative business model worth billions. Who profits from mass imprisonment? Can a prison company ever prioritize rehabilitation over revenue? And what happens when human beings become financial assets?
The Business of Incarcerating People (Year)
Director: Carole Poliquin
Writers: Carole Poliquin
Genre: Documentary, Crime, Society, Economy
Country: Canada
Language: English, French
Also Known As: Prisons for Profit, L’industrie carcérale
Release Date: 2009
Filming Locations: United States and Canada
Synopsis:
private prison documentary, prison industry, prison corruption, prison business documentary, g4s documentary, mass incarceration documentary, prison system exposed, prison abuse documentary, billion dollar prison industry, prison economics, prison privatization, human rights documentary, south africa prison documentary, prison violence exposed, moconomy documentary
Chapters:
00:00 – The Hidden Reality of Private Prisons
01:31 – Life Inside Mangaung Prison
04:27 – Letters From Inmates
05:08 – The Rise of G4S
06:19 – Selling the Promise of Rehabilitation
07:09 – Becoming a Prison Guard
11:09 – Violence Inside the Prison
17:00 – Electroshock and Riot Control
18:45 – Leaked Footage Changes Everything
22:23 – Torture Allegations
24:22 – The Emergency Security Teams
26:46 – Inside the Use of Force
28:03 – Water, Electricity and Punishment
32:11 – Prisoners Speak Out
33:18 – The Business of Rehabilitation
35:12 – Global Scandals Around Private Detention
37:18 – Why Governments Keep Outsourcing
39:05 – The Psychological Damage on Guards
41:40 – “Adapt or Die”
44:08 – Profit vs Human Rights
46:01 – The Attack on a Prison Officer
49:01 – The Massive Prison Strike
50:41 – Unqualified Guards and State Intervention
53:10 – Returning to a Broken System
58:52 – Prisoners Rights in South Africa
59:52 – Forced Psychiatric Drug Injections
01:02:01 – The Investigation Goes Global
01:05:31 – Allegations of a Cover-Up
01:07:08 – The Economics Behind Prison Contracts
01:09:13 – The 30% Profit Problem
01:11:22 – Staffing Cuts and Unsafe Conditions
01:12:39 – Inmates as Commercial Assets
01:13:07 – Why More Crime Means More Profit
01:15:24 – Fired After 16 Years
01:18:02 – Should Prisons Ever Be For Profit?
SUPPORT US!
✘ Membership - youtube.com/@UCoOHTipX1_cNiC9seIPfUXA
MORE DOCS!
youtube.com/watch?v=yLZUVsmUwZY
youtube.com/watch?v=S0MZ6cXmYKo&t
youtube.com/watch?v=F5TNiggsH1A&t
PLAYLIST!
► Orignals: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcBESnLf1oSWHOSwOolLUncxdIOGsGcGC
► World Economy: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcBESnLf1oSUYMacJEwYxDqiB7hJABi11
► All Playlists: youtube.com/@Moconomy/playlists
#finance #documentaries #economy
#PrivatePrisons
#PrisonIndustry
#Moconomy
COPYRIGHT: All of the films published by us are legally licensed. We have acquired the rights (at least for specific territories) from the rightholders by contract. If you have questions please send an email to: info[at]moconomy.tv, Moconomy GmbH, www.moconomy.tv.
