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This must be investigated. We can't just say 'there no clear reason for such a steep increase in conviction rates' with such a potential motive sitting there.
by david927 11y ago
This must be investigated. We can't just say 'there no clear reason for such a steep increase in conviction rates' with such a potential motive sitting there.
I'm also concerned that prisoners are used for labor at rates lower than the third-world, such as fighting fires for $2/day. It seems that investors have not just found another income source off of the backs of the very poor -- but we have found a whole new way to establish essentially slave labor.
- jordigh 11y agoBtw, incarceration has been historically used as slave labour for a long time. Blacks would get rounded up on the crime of "vagrancy" and would be sentenced to labour. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Codes_%28United_States%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Codes_%28United_States%2... This was a widespread practice until the 1960s.