The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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Prisoners Are Organizing a Nationwide Strike Against “Modern-Day Slavery”
Prisoners across the country say they are gearing up for an end-of-summer nationwide strike against inhumane living conditions and unpaid labor—or, in their words, “modern-day slavery.”
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Private Prison Investors Set for Giant Windfall from Trump Tax Bill
Prison firms that restructured as real estate investment trusts see a substantial tax cut – more good news for those who benefit from increased incarceration.
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Town’s Private Prison Goes Bust
Contrary to popular belief, private prisons often don’t save the economies of the rural towns that seek them out.
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How a Private Prison Company Used Detained Immigrants for Free Labor
The private prison company GEO Group forced more than 50,000 immigrants to work without pay or for $1 a day since 2004, according to a lawsuit that nine detainees brought against the company.
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Prison Labor Revolts Shake the Foundations of the Corporate State, Part II
The upcoming prisoner resistance rallies aren’t just a strike against prisons, but also against the brutality of capitalism.
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Local Jails Profit from Warehousing State Prisoners
A recent report on “jail leasing” exposes the extent of a practice that harms prisoners and raises ethical questions about public institutions profiting off incarceration.
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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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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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Monitors to Phones to Meals: These 5 Corporations Are Quietly Making Billions Off Incarceration
Companies off the popular radar are benefiting from epidemic prison and jail building – some may even be even operating in your neighborhood.
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The Prison State of America
Prisons are prototypes for the future – where a million prisoners who currently work for corporations and government industries are models for what the corporate state expects us all to become
