Let me emphasize: this is slavery. This is actual literal slavery. The US government, and the private prisons it contracts with, collectively own almost two million imprisoned slaves, the majority of whom are Black. Slaves who refuse to work are punished with solitary confinement or loss of “privileges” like food, hygiene products, or communication with friends and family outside the prison. United States law and the United States Constitution allow it. And slavery is extraordinarily profitable for the slave owners.
Finally, private prisons are allowed to charge prisoners more or less whatever they want for things like phone calls and purchases from the prison commissaries. A prison can charge $5 for a 15 minute phone call or $10 for a bottle of shampoo. Since prisoners, again, earn less than $1 an hour, these ludicrous fees are generally extorted from the friends and family of prisoners, providing another revenue stream for the prison.
All this is so profitable that private prisons’ contracts with the US have minimum occupancy guarantees. The US government guarantees it will supply a certain number of prisoners to each private prison to guarantee its income. Somehow, despite crime rates falling consistently for decades, the US government never fails to make quota.
It’s not even legal through some obscure loophole either the; amendment that banned slavery had an explicit exception for prisons and prisoners. Also, it means there is no reason for them to try to reform criminals. It’s in their best interests for the convicts that leave their care to quickly get arrested to come right back again. Trying to give them education and opportunities costs money and that’s money that can be spent on kickbacks and bribes to get their facilities full. There was one judge who immediately sent any juvenile defendant before him to the same facility. The facility that was sending him kick backs. Now as you mentioned the whole disgusting life destroying thing has been supercharged thanks to the crackdown.
Have you heard of ‘the united states of america’?
So… Person does a crime. Person goes to a room. The person gets food and shelter. Both of those is a cost to the room owner.
How is the room owner making a profit?
A Room
Private prisons in the US charge the government a fee per prisoner per day. The government pays it with tax money.
The US Constitution allows slavery as a punishment for crime. Private prisons can force prisoners to work in prison shops, or rent them out to businesses, and punish them if they refuse to work. The prisons pay the prisoners less than a dollar an hour and make enormous profits off their cheap labor.
Let me emphasize: this is slavery. This is actual literal slavery. The US government, and the private prisons it contracts with, collectively own almost two million imprisoned slaves, the majority of whom are Black. Slaves who refuse to work are punished with solitary confinement or loss of “privileges” like food, hygiene products, or communication with friends and family outside the prison. United States law and the United States Constitution allow it. And slavery is extraordinarily profitable for the slave owners.
Finally, private prisons are allowed to charge prisoners more or less whatever they want for things like phone calls and purchases from the prison commissaries. A prison can charge $5 for a 15 minute phone call or $10 for a bottle of shampoo. Since prisoners, again, earn less than $1 an hour, these ludicrous fees are generally extorted from the friends and family of prisoners, providing another revenue stream for the prison.
All this is so profitable that private prisons’ contracts with the US have minimum occupancy guarantees. The US government guarantees it will supply a certain number of prisoners to each private prison to guarantee its income. Somehow, despite crime rates falling consistently for decades, the US government never fails to make quota.
FYI, the private prison industry was one of Trump’s biggest donors, and their investment paid off massively - the industry is making billions from imprisoning and enslaving immigrants thanks to Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Literally came to comment this exact thing. Thank you.
It’s not even legal through some obscure loophole either the; amendment that banned slavery had an explicit exception for prisons and prisoners. Also, it means there is no reason for them to try to reform criminals. It’s in their best interests for the convicts that leave their care to quickly get arrested to come right back again. Trying to give them education and opportunities costs money and that’s money that can be spent on kickbacks and bribes to get their facilities full. There was one judge who immediately sent any juvenile defendant before him to the same facility. The facility that was sending him kick backs. Now as you mentioned the whole disgusting life destroying thing has been supercharged thanks to the crackdown.
By telling the government that each room costs hundreds of dollars per day more than the real cost
That’s how
Oh. Its like the military production industry. Almost exactly, but with more lobbying.
Dont just drop random yt links, what the fuck?