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nnnnghhhhgnnngh
Apr 6, 2009
this is from another thread but merits crossposting.

Hardcore Phonography posted:

Not sure if it's been posted already, but here's a write-up by The Nation about BP using convict labor to clean up the spill. It's a 3-page story and too long to quote.

http://www.thenation.com/article/37828/bp-hires-prison-labor-clean-spill-while-coastal-residents-struggle

I wonder what sort of safety gear they get...?

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nnnnghhhhgnnngh
Apr 6, 2009

HidingFromGoro posted:

IN: 25 year sentence for 12 year old Paul Gingerich

A twelve year old in adult prison. Jesus Christ.

nnnnghhhhgnnngh
Apr 6, 2009

brakeless posted:

If I'm allowed hyperbole for the sake of argument, isn't the end state with stuff like this a society of middle and upper class people, whose lives are supported by an underclass that only works while in prison? A slave state based on supposedly modern law.

Am I completely off or what the hell? I think I need to read the whole thread.
Not sure it's hyperbole at all. Already seems like prison labor is a significant chunk of the economy. There's prisoner rental; for example BP saved some change, and got tax breaks, for having convicts clean up beaches after their Gulf spill. There are direct savings; IIRC prisoners produce a huge chunk of US military gear, backpacks and webbing and the like just for starters.

Combine that with removing programs that give people options besides recidivism, combine that with laws written specifically to increase the prison population, and... well...

Here's a link about a law intended to boost prison population by the way.

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They talk how positive this was going to be for the community, the amount of money that we would realize from each prisoner on a daily rate.

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