Comments sinnerjizm has made

Viva Slavery!

Im wondering how big of an influence on immigration reform  the private prison industry has had.I seem to recall a news story a few months back regarding prisoners in georgia(?) being used to fill the vacant spots at meat packing plants left empty by immigration raids.

This all seems to be a bit to convenient.

Big Agribuisness has been using illegals workers for decades with a blind eye being turned by all administrations and it seems to me that it is only now, with the huge privatization push ,that the prison industry has come up with a solution that would get these corporations(and their bought and paid for politicians) off the legal hook.

What I see coming is a HUGE pool of virtual slave labor being created in this country.I say "virtual" because they are being paid a few cents a day, just enough to keep it from being legally called slavery.

The private prison industry will have to keep busy pushing for new and varied laws that would increase the numbers of their stock(prisoners) but they seem to be pretty good at it now.

If this doesnt worry you...On Colorado's inmates-as-farmworkers plan says plenty about our food culture posted 2 years, 8 months ago 12 Responses