This seems a common theme in the US. In 2018, there was a nation-wide prison strike across all states in the US. The largest prison strike in world history basi

This seems a common theme in the US. In 2018, there was a nation-wide prison strike across all states in the US. The largest prison strike in world history basically. Many prisoners died or were injured. I remember checking NYTimes and CNN's frontpages and being shocked to see nothing written about it. The strike lasted nearly a month Really wild to think about how this could've gone down in history books for immense historical significance if we just... paid any attention at all. Instead hardly anyone knows about it Similarly there's an immigrant detention center near where I live in California. The detainees recently went on strike. They have to work to earn money in order to buy food. The work is "volunteer" so they can get away with paying them $1 for a full day's work. A bag of beans costs $3 and a 15-minute phone call is $2.50. So a full week of work gets you a phone call and some beans. The prison guards use intimidation tactics like "the judge won't like hearing about your bad behavior when your case is up" to keep them from organizing. Lots have gotten sick from the black mold growing in their cells too. It's straight up modern slavery and the only media source I've seen even mention it is LaborNotes[0] [0] https://www.labornotes.org/2022/08/immigrant-detainees-strike-over-1-day-pay-working-conditions https://www.labornotes.org/2022/08/immigrant-detainees-strik...