Privatization of the US Prison System
The following infographic shows us how profitable the US prison industry is. “Between 1980 and 1994, profits went up from $392 million to $1.31 billion” dollars. As reported in The Prison Industry in the United States: Big Business or a New Form of Slavery?, inmates, mostly Blacks and Hispanics, are also being exploited by various industries:
“For the tycoons who have invested in the prison industry, it has been like finding a pot of gold
They don’t have to worry about strikes or
paying unemployment insurance, vacations or comp time. All of their
workers are full-time, and never arrive late or are absent because of
family problems; moreover, if they don’t like the pay of 25 cents an
hour and refuse to work, they are locked up in isolation cells.”
Privatization of the US Prison System. An Infographic from ArrestRecords.com
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