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Prison labor booms in US as low-cost inmates bring billions

Posted on December 10, 2012 by dandelionsalad

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RussiaToday·Dec 9, 2012

US breeds a Chinese-style inmate labor scheme on its own soil. Both state and some of the biggest private companies are now enjoying the fruits of a cheap and readily available work force, with tens of millions of dollars spent by private prisons to keep their jails full.

see

Why Mass Incarceration Defines Us As a Society by Chris Hedges

Michael Parenti: Justice For Sale

An Empire of Poverty: Race, Punishment, and Social Control by Andrew Gavin Marshall

The crime of privatized prisons by Lamont Lilly

Prisons for Profit By Timothy V. Gatto

from the archives:

The prison industry in the United States: big business or a new form of slavery?

America’s Dehumanizing Prisons by Sherwood Ross

Prison labor: Made in USA

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6 Responses

  1. The Shock Doctrine in Texas Prisons by Kenneth Foster | Dandelion Salad, on March 24, 2013 at 2:14 PM said:

    [...] Prison labor booms in US as low-cost inmates bring billions [...]

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  2. The Shame of America’s Gulag by Chris Hedges | Dandelion Salad, on March 18, 2013 at 4:36 AM said:

    [...] Prison labor booms in US as low-cost inmates bring billions [...]

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  3. Profiting From Human Misery by Chris Hedges « Dandelion Salad, on February 18, 2013 at 12:22 AM said:

    [...] Prison labor booms in US as low-cost inmates bring billions [...]

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  5. Tavis Smiley: Vision for a New America: A Future without Poverty « Dandelion Salad, on January 20, 2013 at 6:49 PM said:

    [...] Prison labor booms in US as low-cost inmates bring billions [...]

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  6. The Unsilenced Voice of a ‘Long-Distance Revolutionary’ by Chris Hedges « Dandelion Salad, on December 10, 2012 at 1:36 AM said:

    [...] Prison labor booms in US as low-cost inmates bring billions [...]

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