Sumela » 18 Aug 2023, 8:18 pm » wrote: ↑
Those stats are shocking.
Cons will say its a black/mexican folk problem.
Libs will say too many laws overly target minorities.
Maybe its just systemic to our culture...maybe it cannot be solved either way.
Here is the GOAT.....Chappelle's take - funny skit.
https://youtu.be/HeOVbeh2yr0
cheap labor is a driving force
even the MIC uses it
Were it not for this captive labor force, the military could hardly meet needs ranging from weapons production and apparel manufacture to transportation servicing and communications infrastructure. US soldiers are well-equipped with guns to fire, clothes to wear, vehicles to drive, radios to call and maps to help them navigate, thanks in large measure to the 21,000 prisoners working for Federal Prison Industries (FPI), a quasi-public, for-profit corporation run by the Bureau of Prisons. In 2002, the company sold $678.7 million worth of goods and services to the U.S. government, over $400 million of which went to the Department of Defense.
https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/20 ... r-machine/
Prison labor in the United States is referred to as insourcing. Under the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC), employers receive a tax credit of $2,400 for every work-release inmate they employ as a reward for hiring “risky target groups.”The workers are not only cheap labor, but they are considered easier to control. They also?tend to be African-American males. Companies are free to avoid providing benefits like health insurance or sick days. They also don’t need to worry about unions, demands for vacation time, raises or family issues.According to the
Left Business Observer, “the federal prison industry produces 100 percent of all military helmets, war supplies and other equipment. The workers supply 98 percent of the entire market for equipment assembly services; 93 percent of paints and paintbrushes; 92 percent of stove assembly; 46 percent of body armor; 36 percent of home appliances; 30 percent of headphones/microphones/speakers; and 21 percent of office furniture. Airplane parts, medical supplies and much more: prisoners are even raising seeing-eye dogs for blind people.”With all of that productivity, the inmates make about 90 cents to $4 a day.Here are some of the biggest corporations to use such practices, but there are hundreds more:
- McDonald's. McDonald's uses inmates to produce frozen foods. ...
- Wal-Mart. The company uses inmates for manufacturing purposes. ...
- Starbucks. The company uses inmates to cut costs as well. ...
- Sprint. ...
- Verizon. ...
- Victoria's Secret. ...
- Fidelity Investments. ...
- J.C Penney and Kmart.