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From Slavery to Cells: The Origins of America’s Prison Industry
The story of America’s prison industry cannot be separated from the nation’s legacy of slavery and racial oppression. After emancipation, systems of control shifted from plantations to prisons, maintaining economic and social hierarchies. Laws and policing practices specifically targeted Black communities, fueling incarceration rates and labor exploitation. This article explores how the prison system’s foundations ...
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