{"product_id":"9780745349466","title":"Immigration Detention Inc.","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthors: Nancy Hiemstra \u0026amp; Deirdre Conlon\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eNew Jersey | New York | Social discrimination \u0026amp; inequality | Migration, immigration \u0026amp; emigration | Police \u0026amp; security services | Penology \u0026amp; punishment | Political structures: democracy | Immigration law\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e June 2025 by Pluto Press in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 224 pages, 5 Figures \u003cbr\u003e215mm x 141mm x 19mm | 242g\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"gardners-meta\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/StarEmpty.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/StarEmpty.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe United States has the most extensive immigration detention system in the world, expanding from a capacity of less than 5,000 detainees per day in the 1980s to 52,000 by 2019. While the most vociferous anti-immigrant rhetoric may be attributed to Republicans, US detention infrastructure has grown exponentially regardless of the political party in power, as reports of abysmal detention conditions pile up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNancy Hiemstra and Deirdre Conlon provide a damning exposé of the ways immigration detention generates income while those detained are starved, sickened, and exploited as a matter of routine detention operation. Drawing on over a decade of research and focusing on detention centers in New Jersey and New York, the authors map public-private financial relationships and trace how detention contracts for food, medical care, and in-facility stores are fought over to the penny. By dissecting the inner workings of immigration detention, they show a system governed by a capitalist logic that produces sickening and corrupting dependencies in communities across the US.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComing at a pivotal social and political moment, Immigration Detention Inc. makes the case for dismantling immigration detention regimes everywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners Books Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55335943602551,"sku":"9780745349466","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9780745349466.jpg?v=1750330892","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9780745349466","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}