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[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

But there are "for-profit prisons," I personally am not sure how that functions, but also the inmates are required to have a job in the prison earning just a few insulting pennies per day, becoming useful to society making license plates or whatever the heck labor they make prisoners do.

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 hours ago

They turn a profit by contracting their services out to governments and businesses

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 4 points 6 hours ago

Besides the slavery, government also pays them to keep people in prison. Then they can use all that money to lobby for things like weed being illegal so more people go to jail, more immigrant harassment, etc