ashacrone:

cvltcryptid:

garbage-empress:

remember this whenever politicians start advertising themselves as “tough on crime” or start talking about a crime wave all of a sudden.

I know I don’t have a ton of followers, but just a reminder that there are currently prisoners striking in America over forced labor in the prison system, which is basically a firm of legal slavery.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/19/private-prison-quotas_n_3953483.html

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-prisons-securities-idUSKCN10Z2JU

http://time.com/5013760/american-private-prisons-donald-trump/

https://www.vox.com/2018/8/17/17664048/national-prison-strike-2018

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/23/prison-strike-us-canada-forced-labor-protest-activism