this post was submitted on 08 Sep 2023
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Prison slavery is still legal in the USA btw

This isn't even counting the concentration camps at the border.

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[โ€“] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Interesting though that its going down. Do we know why? I was thinking maybe just so many prisoners dying of COVID but it looks like the down started way earlier than that

[โ€“] markr@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

Crime is down, despite the determined and successful efforts to convince us otherwise. Also some states have stepped back from the stunningly huge mandatory sentencing policies imposed during the 80s and 90s.

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