"The cheap, reliable labor force has generated more than $250 million for the state since 2000 — money garnished from prisoners’ paychecks, the AP wrote in December. Parole numbers have also plummeted in recent years."
Slavery by another name indeed.
Slavery by another name indeed.
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Until its actually gone, the Prison system can never be truly reformed.
“Conservatism consists of the lone proposition that there must be in-groups the law protects but does not bind and out-groups the law binds but does not protect.” -FW
with emphasis on FOR-PROFIT!
Slave labor is the reason our leadership is not concerned about agricultural labor shortages from immigrant deportation.
What really matters more than anything is their power and money. They are (re)building a system where the elite is protected by one group of poor who believe they are threatened by an even lower group of poor.
They didn't forget all that...
They got 30 yrs out of me & shouldn't have gotten a single hour
My story is typical of every nerd, IT person, creative, janitorial, military
it's everyone
So zoom calls we rapidly turn into lil documentaries are probably a more solid move this round honestly
That and art
All the art
Poor, divided by hate, under educated, meth addled and posing no threat to the ruling class.
I hate where we find ourselves.
Private prison stock is skyrocketing, because the writing on the wall is clear.
A new wave of mass Incarceration and exercise of the 13th Amendment will be rampant.
Slaves owned by the government.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helots