• T34 [they/them]
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    93 years ago

    lol will they even close the concentration camps inside US borders?

    • Muad'DibberOPMA
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      43 years ago

      No chance:

      • The US currently operates a system of slave labor camps, including at least 54 prison farms involved in agricultural slave labor. Outside of agricultural slavery, Federal Prison Industries operates a multi-billion dollar industry with ~ 52 prison factories , where prisoners produce furniture, clothing, circuit boards, products for the military, computer aided design services, call center support for private companies. 1, 2, 3
      • In the present day, ICE (U.S._Immigration_and_Customs_Enforcement), the police tasked with immigration enforcement, operates over 200 prison camps, housing over 31,000 undocumented people deemed “aliens”, 20,000 of which have no criminal convictions, in the US system of immigration detention. The camps include forced labor (often with contracts from private companies), poor conditions, lack of rights (since the undocumented aren’t considered citizens), and forced deportations, often splitting up families. Detainees are often held for a year without trial, with antiquated court procedures pushing back court dates for months, encouraging many to accept immediate deportation in the hopes of being able to return faster than the court can reach a decision, but forfeiting legal status, in a cruel system of coercion. 1, 2
      • @AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml
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        3 years ago

        Reminder that slavery is still legal by constitution as “punishment” for crimes in the US. Any crimes, no matter how minor.

        Is it any wonder the US has the most prison inmates per capita and some of the longest prison sentences on average?