| 单词 | prison industry |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprison industry prison industry n. (a) industry or enterprise based on the labour of prisoners; (b) the operation of prisons, esp. as a private enterprise, regarded as an industrial sector. ΚΠ 1843 Penny Cycl. XXV. 156/2 In India also manual labour is so cheap, and machinery so expensive, that it is improbable that the produce of prison industry will ever be profitable. 1968 Listener 29 Aug. 271/3 Up to 1964, ‘prison industries were little better than a joke—something to keep the men quiet’. 1985 Los Angeles Times 29 Mar. v. 26/1 We have built a prison industry based on concrete walls, guard towers and the overclassification of inmates. 2002 Village Voice (N.Y.) 27 Nov. 55/1 More and more non-citizens are crammed into detention facilities..spurring the prison industry. < as lemmas |
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