This term refers to the increased reliance on incarceration, surveillance, and law enforcement and its relationship to the establishment of for-profit incarceration and probation/parole services, and businesses that supply goods and services to prisons and jails.

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The term "prison-industrial complex" refers to the relationship between increased incarceration and the growth of private industries that profit from imprisonment, such as private prisons, probation and parole services, and businesses that supply goods and services to prisons and jails. This includes the "prison economy" created by the use of inmate labor for low-paid or unpaid work. This term is often used to critique the way profit is made from mass incarceration and the negative effects it has on marginalized communities.

This Term Refers to the Increased Reliance on Incarceration, Surveillance