Panorama · SEASON 33
Prisons for Profit
Episode 26 · 1985-09-16
- Documentary
- News
Episode overview
British prisons are bursting at the bars, and now hold 8,000 more inmates than they were built for. But in the United States, where overcrowding is just as bad, local authorities have come up with a bold breakthrough. They're allowing private industry to build and run their prisons. The result, as Tom Mangold reveals, is startling. Everyone interested in the problem, from Wall Street financiers, who are already making money from prisons, to the 'lifers' serving time inside them, is now debating the issue in earnest. Are 'prisons for profit' a new curse, or a possible cure for the intractable problems of our jails?
Season 33 episodes
1. Episode 11985-01-07
2. Episode 21985-01-14
3. The Politics of Plenty1985-01-21
4. No University for You?1985-01-28
5. How Much Longer?1985-02-04
6. Jobs - What's the Answer?1985-02-11
7. Bad Deal for Britain1985-02-18
8. Comrade Bob's Election1985-02-25
9. Coal's Unsettled Future1985-03-04
10. No Asylum?1985-03-11
11. Episode 111985-03-18
12. The Jewish Pawns in Russia's Game1985-03-25
13. Men of Honour1985-04-01
14. Protecting the Unborn Child?1985-04-15
15. Germany Divided - for Good?1985-04-22
16. Episode 161985-04-29
17. Deadly Force1985-05-13
18. Bhopal: The Lingering Tragedy1985-05-20
19. Nicaragua: Seeing Red1985-06-10
20. Short Sharp Shock1985-06-17
21. When the Roof Falls In1985-06-24
22. Selling Star Wars1985-07-15
23. Episode 231985-07-22
24. Family of Spies1985-07-08
25. Doctor in a Hurry1985-09-09
26. Prisons for Profit1985-09-16
27. Episode 271985-09-23
28. Neil Appeal: The Relaunch of Labour1985-09-30
29. Maggie's Market Forces1985-10-07
30. Jasmine, A Death Too Many Last March1985-10-14
31. South Africa: The Black Mans' Burden1985-10-21
32. Aircrash - What Price Survival?1985-10-21
33. Episode 331985-10-28
34. Poachers Turned Gamekeepers1985-11-04
35. The Year of the Spy1985-11-11
36. The Summit Debate1985-11-18
37. Voices from the Ghetto1985-11-25
38. AIDS - The Race for a Cure1985-12-02
39. Whatever Happened to Solidarity?1985-12-09
40. Arafat: Paying the Price of Terror1985-12-16
