• Diva (she/her)@lemmy.ml
    31·
    7 months ago

    America has the largest prison population in the world, including “authoritarian” countries several times our size.

    • Ibaudia@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      7 months ago

      I’m sure that has NOTHING AT ALL to do with the fact that states get better contracts with private jailers for keeping prisons near max capacity :)

      • LazyPhilosopher@lemmy.world
        10·
        7 months ago

        I’m sure it has nothing to do with how the 13th amendment was worded either

        “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”