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Build your own private prison.


A computer game called Prison Tycoon Prison Tycoon is a real-time strategy computer game developed by Virtual Playground and published by ValuSoft in July 2005 that puts the user in charge of a prison. Objectives are to keep the prison running, keep the staff happy, keep the prisoners in line, all while trying  allows players to pretend they're they're  

Contraction of they are.

they're be
 the warden WARDEN. A guardian; a keeper. This is the name given to various officers: as, the warden of the prison; the wardens of the port of Philadelphia; church wardens.  of a private prison-players build the prison, hire staff, create activities for inmates, break up fights and handle gang problems. The game's website explains: "Private prisons have become the new growth industry. You will construct and run an efficient rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy.  facility with nothing but money on your mind." Apparently, the game has been such a success that the company has just released Prison Tycoon 2, in which the goal is to "start with a small, low-security prison and build it into a maximum-security super-max."

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Title Annotation:READING BETWEEN THE HEADLINES
Author:Hernandez, Daisy
Publication:Colorlines Magazine
Date:Jan 1, 2007
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