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IIRC the first prison in the US was established in Auburn, NY specifically because slavery had been outlawed and some sociopath was like “ok, yeah, technically,
by stonecraftwolf 6y ago
IIRC the first prison in the US was established in Auburn, NY specifically because slavery had been outlawed and some sociopath was like “ok, yeah, technically, but if we just convict them of a crime first...”
- ceejayoz 6y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_State_Penitentiary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_State_Penitentiary serves as a notable modern example.
- lupire 6y agoNo. The Auburn prison was not the first prison, and it employed prisoner slave labor before slavery was outlawed. Prison slavery existed before chattel slavery was rerouted through the prison system. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auburn_system https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auburn_system