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From my understanding a lot of incarceration in the US is profit driven.
by swader999 3y ago
From my understanding a lot of incarceration in the US is profit driven.
- mycologos 3y agoPrison labor is indeed a multi-billion dollar industry, but I question the idea that it drives "a lot of incarceration". For better or for worse, Americans seem to be pretty OK with how incarceration currently works: across almost every political or racial group, most people think the current amount of incarceration is either "too little" or "about right". In total, less than 1/3 of Americans think it's "too much" [1]. [1] https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/12/06/u-s-public-divided-over-whether-people-convicted-of-crimes-spend-too-much-or-too-little-time-in-prison/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/12/06/u-s-publi...