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That rhetoric furthers economic benefits though. Prisons are mostly located in rural areas, where they provide job centers to otherwise poor people. The legal
by sonotathrowaway 4y ago
That rhetoric furthers economic benefits though. Prisons are mostly located in rural areas, where they provide job centers to otherwise poor people.
The legal system is chiefly concerned with moving people out of urban centers into rural areas, where their incarceration is paid for through state tax revenue, redistributing the money from urban to rural areas.
This is the reason why prison lobbies are the strongest political opponents of drug decriminalization or legalization - reducing prison occupancy reduces profits per prisoner.
- x86_64Ubuntu 4y agoI've also heard that the prison population, while sometimes non-voting, goes to the electoral advantage of these rural areas.
- rjbwork 4y agoThat's correct. Prison populations are included in the areas they are located for census purposes, further skewing political power towards rural areas.
- klyrs 4y agohttps://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2019/12/31/761932806/your-body-being-used-where-prisoners-who-can-t-vote-fill-voting-districts https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2019/12/31/761932806...