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Gotta fill the ~~slave camps~~ prisons somehow!
How many of the supreme court justices own stakes in for profit prisons?
Forced labor is not exclusive to private prisons. Federal and state prisons employ inmates just the same.
https://www.aclu.org/news/human-rights/captive-labor-exploitation-of-incarcerated-workers
At least with federal and state prisons doing it - it technically* benefits everyone, where private prisons are just lining someone's pockets.
It doesn’t. It’s a way for taxes to indirectly support corporations on the backs of inmates.
https://apnews.com/article/prison-to-plate-inmate-labor-investigation-c6f0eb4747963283316e494eadf08c4e