Captive Market

Jobs. Gadgets. Profits. Crime pays big-time for the prison-industrial complex.

Selling with restraint: AEDEC International's Violent Prisoner  Chair is designed for hard-to-control adults but also comes with "juvenile" accessories.
Selling with restraint: AEDEC International's Violent Prisoner Chair is designed for hard-to-control adults but also comes with "juvenile" accessories.
Boyz in the hood: Inventor John Cominsky demonstrates his solution for spitting inmates.
Boyz in the hood: Inventor John Cominsky demonstrates his solution for spitting inmates.

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"I'm not impressed with the industry," Durocher says. "It's unbelievable what is happening here. I look at this country, and it's one of the most violent in the world. When you see the way crime has been dealt with in the United States, it's obvious that it doesn't work. Why don't you take a chance with something else?"

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