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bravenak

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16. There are many articles written on the subject if you are ever bored enough to look into it.

Sun Nov 9, 2014, 07:16 PM

Nov 2014

Prison factories paying 20 cents and hour and profiting the prison industry. Prison industry lobbying for stiff sentences and supporting continuing the drug war. Drug war used as an excuse to stop Minorities and Young people. Stiff sentences handed out. Prisoners working in factories to get good time. Politicians campaigns funded in part by prison industry. Politicians vote stiffer sentences. The cycle continues and the people hurt are us. Nobody cared that many in the system for 20 years or more were non violent. Millions of non violent men getting more tine than a child rapist or a second degree murderer or a home invasion robber. And many of those were addicts or trying to feed families who are now on welfare. How is this not slavery? They have to work for their freedom or sit around with murderers and rapists all day.

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Peaceful protesters in Ferguson� [View all] TeeYiYi Nov 2014 OP

PRISON IS THE NEW SLAVERY!!!!nt bravenak Nov 2014 #1

Well... That was certainly... hyperbolic... Oktober Nov 2014 #2

No, it wasn't. bravenak Nov 2014 #3

+1 Some people just don't get it. nt Live and Learn Nov 2014 #4

They don't care. Doesn't affect them. bravenak Nov 2014 #5

It affects us all. They just don't know it. nt Live and Learn Nov 2014 #6

not really roody Nov 2014 #7

No it wasn't! It's the damned truth! LawDeeDah Nov 2014 #13

Do some learning on the subject Scootaloo Nov 2014 #27

The 'for profit' prison system... TeeYiYi Nov 2014 #8

+1 bravenak Nov 2014 #9

It is also cheap labor for corporations that use prisoners. LawDeeDah Nov 2014 #14

YES!!! bravenak Nov 2014 #17

Their getting paid while in jail? yeoman6987 Nov 2014 #28

They work for the money. bravenak Nov 2014 #29

Jail should not be a time for making money yeoman6987 Nov 2014 #30

They make them work in factories. bravenak Nov 2014 #31

Seriously? NaturalHigh Nov 2014 #10

I have explained this many times. bravenak Nov 2014 #11

Okay, I'll take your word for it. NaturalHigh Nov 2014 #12

The Prison Industry in the United States: Big Business or a New Form of Slavery? LawDeeDah Nov 2014 #15

There are many articles written on the subject if you are ever bored enough to look into it. bravenak Nov 2014 #16

Strangely enough... NaturalHigh Nov 2014 #18

Cool. bravenak Nov 2014 #19

You seriously need to look into the Prison Industrial Complex and Live and Learn Nov 2014 #22

+1 eom Odin2005 Nov 2014 #20

... handmade34 Nov 2014 #26

Thank you. ZombieHorde Nov 2014 #32

It really is a frightening system. bravenak Nov 2014 #33

Racial profiling in Ferguson... TeeYiYi Nov 2014 #21

+1 nt Live and Learn Nov 2014 #23

kick TeeYiYi Nov 2014 #24

Police, put your clubs down... TeeYiYi Nov 2014 #25