The private prison industry is fueling high incarceration rates in Mississippi and elsewhere in the United States. It's a way to keep an indentured class in a state and nation built on slavery.
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Convict workers at Mississippi's Parchman prison in 1911. (Photo by the New York Times via Wikipedia.)
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Convict workers at Mississippi's Parchman prison in 1911. (Photo by the New York Times via Wikipedia.)