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February 03, 2009
Call for Papers: The International Prison Privatization Experience: A Transatlantic and Transpacific Dialogue, Houston, TX, August 6-8, 2009
The International Prison Privatization Experience: A Transatlantic and Transpacific Dialogue, Houston, TX, August 6-8, 2009
Call for Papers
The Barbara Jordan Institute for Policy Research, the BJ-ML School of Public Affairs Administration of Justice Department, and Justice Strategies will convene the first international conference on prison privatization. The conference will highlight the inimical impact these prisons are having on women, minorities, and the poor. Scholars will explore alternative economic development strategies to sustain rural communities before they turn to prisons—private or public.
Papers should investigate comparative aspects of prison privatization and grassroots initiatives geared toward reducing prison privatization. Proposals should also examine critical issues such as race, gender and crime and the impact on families’ and prisoners’ communities. Papers should fit into one of the following categories:
Session 1: Financial and Social Costs of an Increasing Use of Imprisonment
Session 2: Commodification of Prisoners and Human Rights
Session 3: Constitutional Implications of Private Prisons
Session 4: The Commercialization of Justice
Session 5: Interjurisdictional Issues and Common Concerns
Session 6: Demystifying Prison Privatization
Session 7: Privatized Detention of Immigrants
For more information contact:
Prof. Byron E. Price, the Conference Chair at 713-313-4809. Please send proposals, preferably as a Word or pdf attachment, to pricebe@tsu.edu by April 1st of 2009.
Committee members:
Byron E. Price, Texas Southern University—Houston, TX
Helen Taylor Greene, Texas Southern University, Houston, TX
Judy Greene, Justice Strategies—Brooklyn, NY
Elycia Daniel, Texas Southern University—Houston, TX
Posted by lois at February 3, 2009 05:55 PM