Published on Jan 14, 2015 by RT America
For-profit prisons have created a “neo-slavery” in the US, according to award-winning journalist Chris Hedges. Inmates work eight hours per day for major corporations such as Chevron, Motorola, Nordstrom’s and Target, yet only have the possibility of making up $1.25 an hour. In addition, companies that provide services like phone calls overcharge prisoners on even the most basic services, making hundreds of millions in profits annually. RT’s Ben Swann speaks to Hedges, who explains how this shadowy system came into existence.
Yes, the land of the free and the home of the brave. We’re 5% of the world’s population but we imprison 25% of the world’s prisoners. Forced prison labor at 15 cents an hour. What a gig they got goin’ there.
This is so f*cking disgusting. WTF I don’t get how people don’t feel the need for expediency in correcting this, in our country.
You can thank t.v. ‘programming’ for that., cva175.