Plantation style slavery still here in The USA

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The 13th Amendment

"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction


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Modern-day slavery is still a thriving industry.



By Laura Gottesdiener / AlterNet
February 20, 2013



In a major step forward, Mississippi banned slavery this week. This type of definite legislative action is ostensibly the type of thing to be excited about in an era of unprecedented political foot-dragging, so congratulations Mississippi for finally ratifying the Thirteenth Amendment. Sure, the state is a little behind the curve on this one, given that the nation is a full 148 years past the official end of slavery (more on that, in a second). But Mississippi isn’t the only state that took awhile to warm up to the idea that people shouldn't own, sell, beat and rape other people in a nation that is largely (and perhaps falsely) recognized as one of the most civilized in the world.
Delaware waited until the turn of the twentieth century to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment, while Kentucky waited another three-quarters of a century, finally ratifying the legislation in 1976. That left Mississippi the last holdout state until it ratified the amendment in 1995. But this leap forward in Mississippi history didn’t become official until earlier this week, mostly because the state forgot to tell anyone--particularly the U.S. archivist--about its 1995 ratification. After a few Mississippians saw Lincoln, they noticed online that their own state wasn’t actually part of this historic ratification, and thus this week’s action.
Mississippi Finally 'Officially' Banned Slavery -- But It's Alive and Well in America and the Rest of the World

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The context of this modern day slave plantation is unfortunately appropriate. Nola.comwrotethat Louisiana is the world's "prison capital," with 1 in 86 residents serving time — nearly double the national average. The racial skew is extreme. One in 14 black men in New Orleans is behind bars; 1 in 7 is either in prison, on parole or on probation. Louisiana is "notorious for racial disparities in its justice systems," Andrew Cohen wrote in the Atlantic.One highly concerning aspect of Louisiana's judicial scheme is that, unlike in 48 states, a unanimous jury decision is not required — only 10 jurors have to vote to convict someone, even for a life sentence. Oregon is the only other state with this system, but it doesn't have the same tremendous racial component.
Cohen wrote, "Prosecutors can comply with their constitutional obligations to permit blacks and other minority citizens to serve as jurors but then effectively nullify the votes of those jurors should they vote to acquit." It is one of "the most obvious and destructive flaws in Louisiana's broken justice system," he wrote, arguing, plain and simple: "Louisiana is terribly wrong to defend a law that was born of white supremacy."
A Modern Day Slave Plantation Exists, and It's Thriving in the Heart of America




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Yeah man we have so many brehs in jail and prison down here its sad

 

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Baba dikk Gregory was at my job yesterday, I didn't get a chance to talk to him since people were rappin him up I'm not the stand in line and act like a groupie type.

Anyways, this should explain to people why things are as they are. It's a very tangled web simply because they keep trying to reconstruct their society of preference under increasingly complex relationships between institutions. Not in an overly conspiratorial way like the so called Illuminati, but these relationships imo were/are created by the dominant group's desire to maintain it's position so naturally you'll find links like this or the military industrial complex and law enforcement or even the school to prison pipeline and the music industry.

 

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Speaking of Mississippi prisons

Spoiler

Mississippi Prison Boss Defends Repossessing Inmates To Cover Budget Shortfall
“I have an agency to run. Public safety is paramount to MDOC’s mission, not subsidizing counties’ budgets.”
Apr 15, 2016

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  Ryan Grim Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post

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One more reason why mass incarceration was not a good idea.


On Thursday, The Huffington Post reported that local officials across Mississippi have grown deeply concerned about revenue losses stemming from a recent decline in the prison population. On Friday, Marshall Fisher, commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, fired back.

When the state’s prisons became overcrowded in the late 1990s, officials had turned to local governments to take some of those inmates off their hands. Now the prison population has shrunk as the result of sentencing and drug policy reforms, so the Department of Corrections has begun transferring prisoners back to state facilities. That leaves local jails without the revenue — the state provided a per diem — and free labor provided by the prisoners.

George County Supervisor Henry Cochran told HuffPost that the counties had taken the prisoner deal in the past because it was a win-win for taxpayers: Prisoners performed jobs like garbage collection, which saved taxpayers money, and the prison itself provided jobs to local residents.

“You’re either gonna go up on everybody’s garbage bill, or you’ve gotta house those inmates,” Cochran said. “You’re using that inmate labor, so [taxpayers are] getting a little good out of that inmate for their tax dollars. You either gotta hire a bunch of employees or keep that inmate. It’s like making a deal with the devil.”

Fisher took on the aggrieved county officials Friday. Because the statement he provided is unusual in its bluntness, we’re publishing it in full below. For context, the original story is here.

MDOC Commissioner Responds to Counties about Regional Jails

JACKSON – Corrections Commissioner Marshall Fisher, responding to county officials’ remarks about the loss of inmates at regional jails, said MDOC is not responsible for the affected counties’ financial predicament.

“Those citizens may want to question the wisdom of the officials in their respective counties who based budgets on inmate populations that cannot always be guaranteed,” Fisher said. “While I sympathize with the citizens of the affected counties, the Mississippi Department of Corrections cannot continue to pay counties above contract requirements when it has space to house the inmates. I have an agency to run. Public safety is paramount to MDOC’s mission, not subsidizing counties’ budgets.”

On Feb. 5, the department announced that because of budget constraints, state inmate populations at county regional jails were being reduced to the contractual amount of 80 percent capacity. Also, MDOC had notified wardens at the regional jails that inmates would be moved. More than 600 inmates were shifted from regionals to the state’s three prisons.

MDOC’s 2016 budget was $23 million less than the Legislative Budget Office recommendation. Additionally, in January, the budget was cut an additional 1.5% (roughly $5 million) for the remainder of FY 2016.

“MDOC’s 2017 budget request does not include an increase in funding,” Fisher said. “We don’t know what our final budget numbers are going to be at this time. We are aware that revenue is down and that the Legislature has the unenviable job of determining the funding level for all state agencies.”

Fisher said those supporting the counties are spreading misinformation. “None of the inmates were pulled from the regionals and sent to private prisons,” Fisher said. “MDOC also has not offered to pay off a sheriff’s bond and close the county facility, as reported. However, closing a regional is not out of the question.”

Fisher also questions why a letter, dated April 6, 2016, from the Mississippi Association of Supervisors was apparently provided to the media days before he received it this week. “Facts and figures in the letter are manipulated and private prisons are maligned,” Fisher said. “MDOC is encouraged in this letter to ignore the fact that our debt service in this state is nearly $200 million for the private facilities, another problem I inherited.”

Fisher, who is in his second year as commissioner, said MDOC is in a new era. “Everyone should know by now the circumstances under which Gov. (Phil) Bryant appointed me,” he said. “Situations that currently exist and existed before my arrival were not created by me. As I have previously stated, I am not bound by decisions made via a wink and a nod.”