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Caging people Is Big Business

CAGING PEOPLE IS BIG BUSINESS

Prisons are the reinvention of slave labor. Importing anything into the USA that is made by slave labor or prisoners is illegal...however USA prisoners can be used legally to manufacture USA products. Since prisoners are made to work for just pennies a day, this allows USA corporations to cheaply produce products that are competitive with Mexican labor. That's why 1% of American adults are in jail  -  between 2 and 3 million of them. That's more than 1 in every 100 and many of them are in prison for trivial offenses! Any excuse will do to keep the cages full!

What corporate products do prison slave laborers produce?

• most of the military needs – helmets, bags, badges etc.
• 93% of domestically produced paints
• 36% of home appliances
• 21% of office furniture
• and much more
  

This is back door slavery!

MORE SHOCKING STATISTICS

1% of American adults are in jail. That adds up to between 2 and 3 million. That's more than 1 in every 100.

The USA has more of its citizens in prison than any other nation on earth. It has 148 prisoners per 100,000 population. That's more that 2 times as many as South Africa, 3 times as many as Iran and 6 times as many as China.

The USA criminal justice system is a "3 strikes and you’re out" legal system based on the game of Baseball.  Isn’t that great and just! If someone has had 2 offences in their life (no matter how small), the third offence will get them a life sentence – no matter how tivial.

L. Andrea  shoplifted 9 video tapes and got 2 consecutive 25 year sentences. Kevin Weber, age 26, stole 6 chocolate chip cookies and got a life sentence

One in thirty men, ages 20 to 30, is in jail. One in nine black men, ages 20-30, is in jail. There are more black males in jail than in college. Who said that the Civil War ended slavery?