Mon May 11, 2015, 04:19 PM

There are more men under correctional control today then were under slavery in 1850...

http://www.politifact.com/rhode-island/statements/2014/dec/07/diego-arene-morley/brown-u-student-leader-more-african-american-men-p/

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There are more men under correctional control today then were under slavery in 1850... (Original post)	Playinghardball	May 2015	OP
Prison is the New Slavery.	bravenak	May 2015	#1
That is certainly what the privatized	hifiguy	May 2015	#3
The only legal slavery left is in prison. This needs to end.	bravenak	May 2015	#5
"Auction blocks to cell blocks..."	guillaumeb	May 2015	#4
Exactly. Good link, thanks!	bravenak	May 2015	#6
Not a coincidence. Variety of reasons, voting the main one, why this was done on purpose.	randys1	May 2015	#2
list of known democrats calling for end to privatized legal system and prisons:	msongs	May 2015	#7

Response to Playinghardball (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2015, 04:22 PM

bravenak (34,648 posts)

1. Prison is the New Slavery.

Auction blocks to cell blocks, the sale of men has started up again.

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Mon May 11, 2015, 04:31 PM

hifiguy (33,688 posts)

3. That is certainly what the privatized

prison-industrial complex seems to be.

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Mon May 11, 2015, 04:43 PM

bravenak (34,648 posts)

5. The only legal slavery left is in prison. This needs to end.

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Mon May 11, 2015, 04:33 PM

guillaumeb (42,641 posts)

4. "Auction blocks to cell blocks..."

Right on target. Slave labor became prison labor and work farm labor. The US had to do something to control all those freed slaves. Might as well get some free labor out of them and provide jobs for white men in rural areas.
http://newjimcrow.com/

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Mon May 11, 2015, 04:44 PM

bravenak (34,648 posts)

6. Exactly. Good link, thanks!

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Mon May 11, 2015, 04:27 PM

randys1 (16,286 posts)

2. Not a coincidence. Variety of reasons, voting the main one, why this was done on purpose.

Fear the second, many many many many white people fear all Black people.

Many, of all political ideology.

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Mon May 11, 2015, 05:46 PM

msongs (65,203 posts)

7. list of known democrats calling for end to privatized legal system and prisons:

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those are the only ones I know of, if you've heard of any others feel free to post them

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