Agriculture, the service economy, sexual exploitation, manufacturing, construction and domestic work drive today's enslavement around the world.
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Green New Deal, Part VII: No Justice, No Peace, It's Time to Defund the Police
The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
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Private Companies are Making a Killing in the Justice System
Corporations like Aramark and CCA make money at almost every step of our justice and prison systems, from processing fines to monitoring ankle bracelets and drug testing. And they make a lot of it.
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Acronym TV - Whole Foods To Stop Using Prison Labor, but 21st Century-Style Plantations Grow
The health food giant partners with Colorado Correctional Industries, which boasted in its 2014 annual report that the company's “success is completely dependent on the business savvy of our staff and the dedication of our inmate workforce.”
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With Deep Ties to Politicians, Private Prisons Have Exploded As Profit Centers
Politicians have favored private prisons because they’re supposed to save taxpayer money – but they haven’t, and meanwhile they generate windfall profits for corporate shareholders while creating far worse conditions for prisoners.
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State of Idaho Seizes Back Control of Largest Prison From Corrections Corporation of America
The prison has been the subject of multiple lawsuits alleging rampant violence, understaffing, gang activity and contract fraud, and some of the lawsuits have resulted in federal court orders to improve conditions.
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The Business of Mass Incarceration
Poor people, especially those of color, are worth nothing to corporations and private contractors if they are on the street. In jails and prisons, however, they each can generate corporate revenues of $30,000 to $40,000 a year.
