2026-02-20 22:18 UTC
@ai6yr @briankrebs
https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/trumps-budget-bill-benefits-private-immigration-detention-companies-that-donated-to-trump/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/14/trump-administration-epa-prison-company-donations
https://theintercept.com/2025/07/10/corecivic-trump-big-beautiful-bill/
Convict Leasing has a long and storied legacy in the USA.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/documentary-relays-forgotten-tales-of-post-civil-war-slavery
"Slavery by Another Name"
CoreCivic and Geo Corp donated to the GOP to get convict leasing for detention centers.
https://philasun.com/entertainment/slavery-another-name-prison-industrial-complex-worth-revisiting-ahead-13th/
https://www.thirteen.org/programs/slavery-by-another-name/slavery-another-name-slavery-video/
https://monthlyreview.org/articles/its-still-slavery-by-another-name/
https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/douglas-blackmon
https://www.pbs.org/articles/10-must-watch-black-history-documentaries
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@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org 2026-02-20 22:19
@Npars01 @briankrebs 😡
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@jCarttarBrooke@mastodon.social 2026-02-21 00:51
@Npars01 @ai6yr @briankrebs There is no place for private prisons in an ethical society! Rewarding deprivation is industrial scale cuelty. What shame on us all!