Esteban Cabrera Presents Book “The Pain Market” on the Privatization of Prisons in the U.S.

New York. Esteban Cabrera, author and director of the newspaper El Faro Latino, will present his latest work titled “The Pain Market”, a journalistic investigation that examines the breakdown of African American and Latino communities in the United States as a result of the devastation caused by the privatization of the prison system.

This book, published in both English and Spanish, delves into the dark web of the private prison industry in the U.S. and reveals how it disproportionately affects African American and Latino minorities. With incisive narrative, thorough documentation, and profound social awareness, Cabrera exposes how mass incarceration has become a profitable business, fueled by the suffering of these communities and successfully traded on Wall Street.

The work analyzes key issues such as minimum occupancy clauses, political lobbying by prison corporations, the criminalization of poverty, and the use of the immigration system as a tool for profit.

“They sold the prisons, and Black and Latino people have paid the price, so high that they don’t even have spare change left to give back.” “This book arises from an urgent need: to denounce how human suffering is being commodified and how private prisons feed on the pain of our communities,” Cabrera said during the announcement of the publication.

The book’s cover, striking and symbolic, features the split faces of an African American man and a Latino man behind a rusted fence, with the U.S. flag and a one-hundred-dollar bill in the background. The image, just as powerful as the book’s content, visually represents the collision of race, economic power, and justice.

“The Pain Market” is not only a denunciation but also a call for collective reflection and political action in pursuit of a more humane, equitable, and transparent justice system.

The book will soon be available in both print and digital formats through major publishing platforms and independent bookstores.