The Prison Industry in the United States: Big Business or a New Form of Slavery?

“The Prison Industry in the United States: Big Business or a New Form of Slavery?” by Vicky Peláez is an article published in June 2020 on the Global Research website. 

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The information in this source is related to the prison industry and the exploitation of inmates for cheap prison labor. 

Inmates in American prisons are exploited for the profit of big corporations

The article shows that big corporations exploit prisoners in American prisons. Inmates are paid poorly while the corporations that have invested in prison labor profit from this arrangement:

For the tycoons who have invested in the prison industry, it has been like finding a pot of gold. They don’t have to worry about strikes or paying unemployment insurance, vacations or comp time. All of their workers are full-time, and never arrive late or are absent because of family problems; moreover, if they don’t like the pay of 25 cents an hour and refuse to work, they are locked up in isolation cells. (ll. 16-20)

As the article notes, this means that corporations have a ...