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		spywaregorilla on Feb 6, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce... You don't think the fact that the prison's economically depend on slave labor to function has any side effects on how the justice system works for those slaves?

BurningFrog on Feb 6, 2024 [–]

It's certainly possible.

But the courts doing the sentencing and the prison owners are typically completely separate entities.

It's not just one "justice system" run by one group of people.

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