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America is creating the conditions for the return of slavery
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this post was submitted on 28 Mar 2025
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I hear you about the 13th, it's definitely slavery light and a continuation of white supremacy.
Most of the commodification and extraction from inmates comes through the commissary and phone monopoly system. So they extract from families mostly. And of course through taxes on the working class . Prison labor is a thing and the wages are absolutely shit. But I did not see any forced labor in my time that I was incarcerated.
Of course this will vary by state. And county jails are a whole other fucking issue because the stay is shorter, so the protections are often worse .
That makes sense.
Parole was removed in my State. My sentence was 2.5 in and 4 out. Meaning, I did two and a half years in and then 4 years on parole.
And there's no such thing as good behavior.
But, if I wanted basic necessities, like soap and deodorant that wasn't shit so I wasn't getting harassed for poor hygiene, I either needed to work or get outside help from my family.
Anyway, I definitely see how they incentivize labor heavily. And the wages are essentially slave wages.
So it's on the spectrum, I'm not disagreeing there.
I'm just a trans woman that is very scared right now of the rhetoric around labor camps. And if I had to choose prison or labor camps, I would take prison.
But since they'll take my meds anyway, which will lead to my suicide likely, instead I just plan to fight.
Nothing to lose at this point sadly.
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