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    "But thanks to Reaganomics, prison turned to profits

    'Cause free labor’s the cornerstone of US economics

    'Cause slavery was abolished, unless you are in prison

    You think I am bullshittin’, then read the 13th Amendment

    Involuntary servitude and slavery it prohibits

    That’s why they givin’ drug offenders time in double digits."

    Killer Mike - Reagan

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      9 months ago

      It’s the newest trend in Work From Home.

      Introducing… Work From Cell!

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      The problem is the prisons are for profit.

      Prisons get money from state for taking care of prisoners

      Prisons put workers to work at slave wages.

      State reps get kickbacks from Prisons to encourage more incarceration.

      Police happily target black people and minorities and get them sent to prison

      Prisoners work for slave wages

      Rinse repeat.

      If the Prisons were state run not for profit, this might work out better, but that’s often not the case.

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        You forgot to mention that the prisons are trauma-factories designed to have “repeat costumers”, breaking down people into a million little pieces, to be built up as better, harder, more well connected and well educated criminals.

        Who knew, that all these years after, those politicians who called prisons “revolving doors” was sort of correct.

        It wasn’t because they weren’t “hard on crime” enough, but that the court systems and prison systems actively creates repeat offenders.

        Reformist prisons may seem more expensive, but it will save society a ton of money in the long run.

        Someone tell the politicians.