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"the black folks say that only colored boys are sent to jail,
and they not because they are guilty, but because the State needs
criminals to eke out its income by their forced labor."
An important piece of history is ex-slaves were critical of the barbarity of for-profit prisons. Chattel slavery legally ended, but the structural underpinnings and economic influences never changed.
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and they not because they are guilty, but because the State needs
criminals to eke out its income by their forced labor."
An important piece of history is ex-slaves were critical of the barbarity of for-profit prisons. Chattel slavery legally ended, but the structural underpinnings and economic influences never changed.
