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noun
The socioeconomic combination of prisons and the private businesses that supply them with goods and services.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: PIC
Antonyms: none provided
History
By analogy to military–industrial complex. First use appears c. 1960. See cite below.
