I am a big fan of the Boondocks. I say that fully aware of the fact that some of what Aaron MacGruder produces as a satirist can be offensive. In this particular episode where Huey visits a prison, there are some offensive things said that I do not personally subscribe to. With that caveat, however, I like this short clip where Huey defines the Prison Industrial Complex.

Here is a transcription of the definition of the PIC that Huey offered in the episode:

The prison industrial complex is a system situated at the intersection of government and private interests. It uses prisons as a solution to social, political and economic problems. It includes human rights violations, the death penalty, slave labor, policing, courts, the media, political prisoners and the elimination of dissent.”