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"The American carceral state is an abomination. ‘The Land of the Free’ locks up
more of its own population than any country on earth and has more than twenty
percent of the global prisoners despite having only five percent of the
population. The explosion of prisoners has far outpaced population growth and
doesn’t even reflect increases in crime.
And while a Senator, Joe Biden was instrumental in creating the mass
incarceration problem we face today.
The over two million people in American jails or prisons cost the taxpayers
$80,000,000,000 a year. And they’re not just sitting in six-by-eight cells
trying to stay sane and alive; they’re working.
They’re working for corporate America, the states they’re serving in, and the
military-industrial complex for pennies an hour and sometimes nothing at all.
People often say that slavery never ended, it just changed form. It was made
illegal, but crucially, “except as a punishment for crime whereof the party
shall have been duly convicted,” opening the door for chain gangs and the
corporate exploitation we see today.
The American Civil Liberties Union recently released a report that details how
these prison laborers are creating $11 billion in value and getting little to
nothing in return, inside or outside of the institutions."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
