Essay on the Neoliberal Penal Policy of the United States of America
The article analyzes the spread of the ideas of penal neoliberalism on the American continent. Various aspects of its implementation are presented. The connection between the American neoliberal ideology and the penitentiary continuum is substantiated. The expansion of the ideology of neoliberalism in order to ensure the stabilization of social instability is revealed. The thesis that the degree and form of penal punishment is largely determined not by crime trends, but by the state of the economy and tax pressure on society is argued. The position is formulated that the transition to the control and management of security threats, one of which is crime, has led to the minimization of criminal risks for society and the state by intensively isolating the perpetrators of crimes. The correlation of the fact of expansion of public-private partnership in the field of the execution of sentences and the ideas of the neoliberal development of the US penitentiary system is summarized. It is concluded that there are institutional particularities of the American penitentiary system.