Alabama Is Generating Billions by Trapping People in Prison
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- Alabama is farming out incarcerated people to work at hundreds of companies, including McDonald’s & Wendy’s. The state takes 40% of wages and often denies parole to keep people as cheap labor. Getting written up can lead to solitary confinement. This is modern day slavery.
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It's not just Alabama. Every single state in America uses prison labor for private corporations.
I just moved to SC and they definitely do it down here it’s awful 😞
Are you voting Kamala? If so, stop the fake outrage.
@@LPAFilmah yes because Trump would *instantly* put an end to modern slavery after he was so successful ending that during his last presidency…
@@ThePlayerOfGamesno but he didn’t mass incarcerate millions of people while being DA in his home state. Kamala did.
@@LPAFilm what the fuck are you even talking about
Anyone who is trustworthy enough to work in service should be eligible for parole. If they aren’t eligible for parole they should NOT work in the public period.
That part👆
Well said.
There ya go.
WHOSE CONTROLLING THIS SYSTEM..........WHOSE MAKES THE LAWS AKA THE RULES?????????
@andreturner8292 Usually, in the States, it's the legislators. So, Alabama legislators. The people have been removed more and more from government. Lookit the Red State doing the Slavery thing.
The irony of it all is.... if they apply for a job, they don't get hired because of their criminal background. Smdh.
100% facts.Its a trap....
Well if it’s at a fast food restaurant like the ones they are working at they will take them in a heartbeat due to the labor shortage since 2020.
or their race
Yeah, where do you find out how bad the justice system is and they feed that system yeah, we have a lot of work to do but there’s a reason why Hollywood even invest in prison so much money to be made captive audience and all it’s disgusting, while the real criminals go FREE JETS and yachts
So they get sucked back into the prison system. Ah, that prison industrial-complex and its corrupt enablers in government.
These companies are the worst. My father lost his manufacturing job to Prison Industries back in the 80s and so many other law abiding citizens lost their job too.
Yeah but immigrants
My dad lost his job as an architect for US Steel, back in the 80's along with all the other steel workers, because someone thought it was a good idea to buy steel from China instead. Well, enjoy your junk from the dollar store, America!
Dont commit crime and your all right. So if you f up thats on you
“This country has socialism for the rich, rugged individualism for the poor." -Martin Luther King, Jr.
Still as true as ever today.
Good saying
A phrase that was burried by the greedy self serving rich hiding behind church & corporate blind dogma.
Are you a bot? You keep posting the same comment even if it’s not applicable.
It has capitalism for the capitalists and capitalism for the workers. The house always wins
@@blasphimus There is no such thing as capitalism for the workers.
Never believe for one second that anyone is free in America.
You are so right ,yet Donald trump can walk free
It's either a mortgage, school loans, healthcare costs on credit cards...the system is to impose servitude via proxy debt-slavery.
@@CJ-xg4wlhis time will come
@@lohphatyour right Americans will always be corporate debt slaves and tax slaves
some are, just gotta be rich
Why are they being locked up for over 10 year for non violent crimes in the first place !
Yet a wealthy man that raped his Nanny gets less than 10?
yeah ppl do get outrageous charges and fines
3 strikes out decimated the minority population, while the rural areas flourished because Sheriff Uncle Willis let Cousin Hank off the hook and drove him home on his 6th strike
Tell that to people in California that own businesses that get there merchandise stolen because of the soft crime penalties there.
@@richard7479 it's against the law to be poor. Most laws in this country require people to spend money in order to follow the law and if they can't afford it, they get incarcerated. All US government including States are involved in human trafficking under the guise of "being tough on crime" to justify it.
Shame on Alabama and Wealthy corporations.
shame? These same corporations exploit resources and labor abroad causing the poverty, starvation and death of people. They lobby our politicians and influence our politics far more than the average American does. They need to pay for their crimes.
This is so sad. It's the same in almost every state, including the ones controlled entirely by Democrats and the ones controlled entirely by Republicans. Both corrupt wings of one giant party.
Search this, this is the state where Dems have a super majority that can overrule anything, write anything into law if they want:
California lawmakers reject ballot proposal that aimed to end forced prison labor
June 30, 2022
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Too bad they didn't point out that Kamala got in trouble for doing the same thing in California.
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@@PenguinTac0s Embarrassing and backward view.
@@PenguinTac0s Yes. That is part of the social contract. We give away certain rights and pay dues in exchamge for representation and services. I.E. Our entire criminal justice system including prisons.
Further, for profit prisons cost just as much, if not more, to the tax payer for them to do less than what a public prison provides. They also have stipulations in those contracts with the state for minimum occupancy standards or else the state pays them a fine, meaning the state needs to ensure a certain number of people go to that prison, disincentivizing any real reforms that could reduce prison populations that would ultimately save us, the taxpayers, money.
@@PenguinTac0syour taxes money keeps going into the prison owners pockets. Google how much a for proffit prison gets for each prisoner? And it won't get less because said prisoner works his butt off, without ever seeing a dime.
@@PenguinTac0s yes, taxpayers should pay for prisons. No one shold make a profit by running prisons. The video illustrated the problem.
For profits are promoted by GOP/Red states that also institute 3 strikes legislation to enhance sentencing and reduce rehabilitation extending sentences thus increasing profits.
It means so much to see that someone actually cared enough to shed light on these injustices. As someone who is from Alabama and who has personally experienced incarceration in this state, it gives me great hope to see that a platform with such an audience took notice. Much❤ and respect.
I agree was thinking the same thing
Many people don't realize how bad it is. Alabama prisons are privately owned but the State of Alabama needs to increase their wages for both prisons and regular employees who usually don't have insurance coverage. It's past time for the State to oversee this and make it change the bad policies. Jobs were supposed to have people to be able to get a job and then out of jail. Prepare them for work. I knew of some inmates that did just that and got good paying jobs. Most graduate to half-way houses to get out. How many are repeat offenders and how many aren't? Low wages doesn't help the prisoners what so ever. President Trump did make a way for black people to get out and maybe white too. I think he needs to assign someone who is fair to oversee the whole prison system. If anyone dies while in custody they should be charged. They let the real criminals out to murder and rape people yet slap on the able brace that they get off. If you're any color just follow the law. There are some bad apples in the police force that needs to lose their job but a true good officer is lumped into the barrel. Met your community officers and form a good relationship with them. This has to go both ways though. I've seen black on black crimes on the news. Black young guys getting shot by blacks driving cars. I can't understand that either. We need more good police hired and fire bad ones. One 26 yr old officer died in Chicago a couple of days ago because of checking drivers license. Another one injured.. These so called things shouldn't have happened. Put non violent people in non violent jails and violent ones in solitary. Raise the hourly wages, screen the guards hard, and do check the guards before they get in. Several people have been caught slipping drugs in to prisons. One girl died while waiting for help from a heartattack crawling upstairs seeking medical help. They are responsible to provide Healthcare to everyone. I pray that ALABAMA WILL MAKE IT MANDATORY TO RAISE WAGES AND HELP ALL WORKERS. PRAY FOR BETTER DAYS.
If they are trusted enough to leave prison, go to work, and come back...why the hell are they in prison in the first place? They can just be under house arrest at that point.
Slavery was never abolished. It was just rewritten into law in a socially acceptable way.
@@freestyl07 hell if you think 🤔 about it technically everyone is still a slave to the system. You pay your taxes, you work like a dog just to have half your money taken by gov, you pay taxes on every single thing! You're a slave just in a different way! You follow the laws right? That's slave fear, fear of the laws so ya we're still slaves to a system
hush commie
the emancipation proclamation occurred. The USA obtained around 380,000 of the 10,000,000 slaves traded by EUROPEANS to the colonies. The majority of which went to S. America or EUROPEAN colonies/commonwealths/protectorates. The slaves into the USA were near the end of this trade by EUROPEANS. So yes it has ended in the modern day. Throughout the world there are "jails", why because some people ARE dangerous to other people. Unless you believe a "silence of the lambs" type should go free, or that there are prisoners capable of working outside based on their good demeanors. It's all a continuum, from single cell isolation to this situation.
It generally was abolished, but there remained carve-outs. I wish more people knew about that.
I mean it’s literally in the 13th amendment the exception is prisoners that have been convicted
Section 1
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.
Section 2
Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
We can’t fund non-profit prisons but we can fund billionaires thru free labor, free money & tax incentives?
Socialism for the rich, laissez-faire capitalism for the poor
@@virtualgambit577 Neoliberalism is the better word I feel, but absolutely right. It's a form of capitalism for us that is not actually equal, the rich already have insider info on everything.
And wars...and stem cell research...and trips to Mars!
The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery in the United States and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. It was passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865.
Most prisons, including the ones that participate in this kind of activity, are state-owned and non-profit. Management and judges get kickbacks from the corporations.
"land of the free" with more people incarcerated than practically all other countries combined.
Because idiots think “freedom” means they can do “ whatever they want” without consequences.
free to get to work for THEIR entertainment needs.
Need to go to a mostly subsistence society.
more than any other country period.
Land of the free with an asterisk: you must be in a wealthy noble family. Basically remaking feudalism. They are taking others freedom because it threatens their power that gives them infinite dopamine.
George Orwell’s 1984 was a stark warning to society and we need to wake up.
The government made it a business and it was supported by everyone. Now here we are.
Those using slave Labour must be called out openly
13th amendment didn't end slavery. They simply changed the terminology and said only the government is allowed to own and lease slaves.
I concur
Prove it.
The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that "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
@@Christopher-iv9yyYou wouldn't care if someone provided proof.
Looks like the just expanded it
It is crazy that they are trusted enough to work but not enough for parole.
Have you ever grounded your child but still allowed them to go to school. Why would you trust them
@@kimjones2056 except these aren't children who don't have their brains developed, these are grown adults with families
@@closetedgeek7887grown adults yes, with fully developed brains? Well that is if they haven’t damaged them with drugs and alcohol another problem is how much more dangerous a person that is an adult with a developed brain can be. Not all have families. If they do that should be a reason for them to stop breaking the law.
That says it all really
@@kimjones2056 A child analogy really does not work in this instance as we are talking about grow adults responsible for their action that have proven to make bad enough action to have had them sent to jail, these people dont normally go to jail the 1st or 2nd time they usually have pages of crimes before being sent to jail to start with so I really don't think they deserve more chances to prove just how bad their choices are.
In saying all that corporations should not be profiting of their labor the public should and all work should be done away from the public but for the public, also they should pay prisoners more as $14-$30 a week for most roles is just shit.
ps I just got out of prison 6 months ago so I do feel my opinion has merit. ( I am in Australia so all I have said refers to here)
As a previous probation parole officer, this is absolutely disgusting. As a human being, I feel sick to my stomach.
@MagnusMol I needed to take a stand of a different kind and protect thy self.
This is nothing but the South not wanting to end slavery. They never did want slavery to end and it's so obvious watching this. God has something real bad coming to these people. They don't believe in generational curses what goes around also comes around.
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@MagnusMolwhy would you ever want to do that job. The system will break you quickly. Good luck slave
We will always be slaves to the law of man , just as some will always be slaves to Satan, are young men are going to prison for years for a small crime that they have committed because of the color of their skin the majority of the time when a white man will go to a lower sentence for the same crime I have seen this for years and I'm still seeing it today, the Bible states that good will be evil and evil will be good praised by wicked men, but one day when the United States is burning up all over the place and those Wicked people are burning up with it and I say people cuz it's going to be of all kind hell is bigger every day because people are going to hell when they are judged they are going to know that there is a God and is a God that will take revenge for all that has been done two people of good heart good that are seeking him seek God today what God can still be found tomorrow is not promised to nobody❤❤
Thank you for this information. I had no idea this was happening 😢
The system is not broken. It's working exactly how it was designed. Terrible
Agreed
I would also accept this being allowed, so long as NOBODY gets any kind of deal, reward, kickback, ect from these prisoners working, except the place they're working at. But that' opens the doors to under the table deals, so really nah, it just shouldn't happen.
This is a lie and misinformation. THIS is about select individuals abusing a specific system. Not widespread. One misstep and they are the ones in front of the Judge. MOVE OUT!
For profit prison system that allows legal slavery if found convicted... within the 13th, 14th amendment
The system can never be replaced with something fair and better until people accept that it is NOT broken.
So she can be trusted to run a kitchen but can't be trusted for parole.
LEOs dreams those with the blue line.
Just another double standard in our system here
And she could actually take someone life by poisoning a lot of people . Smfh
@@joshuaattractsmoney FACTS. IF she was dumb, right she would've done something like that and its be all over national news. "Prisoners making your Mcdonalds Order" but they don't want they in the headlines. But they are carefully chosen for the program. You have to have like 1 year of no offenses before even being considered for the program. These are the topics BLM should've been pushing for. Thats also why 70% of blacks didnt support BLM but the news chose to be bias.
legit tho, would you trust her to do anything besides steal the contents of the till & run to the nearest trap house?
Imagine: You are FREE for 72 hours as Parole through the Work Release Program. BUT, Your Parole/Bail is Denied BECAUSE you are "Considered" a threat to Society.
Working in a Public Place, Handling Food for Pennies for 80 Hours Per Week: OK.. You are Qualified.
Getting Bail or Parole: NO, you are NOT Allowed/Qualified.
HOW has this being going on for SO LONG?
This is Indentured Servitude.. aka Bonded Slavery.
How? Either You jokeing or that naive of a child. Urgh- simple,
It its the HOW becuse
A: is doing these still making me money? Yes
And
B: do society those not give enough of a flying fuck to stop this? Also Yes.
Theres it is, why would you stop using your mop to mop the floor if its working out for you, and why would you have initiation to stop moping the floors with your mop if no one gonna stop you nor have a reason to deny yourself of that chore?
Are you voting Kamala? If so, stop the fake outrage.
@@LPAFilm Sorry, do you think Trump would do something to fix this?
@LPAFilm there are no 2 parties, only one; the rich. Wake up.
@@DeenanTheKemon1 Every one of those rich politicians is answerable to an AIPAC guy.
Minimum wage for Alabama is still just $7.25 an hour. 🤪That's why the pay is so low.🤷🏿♀️
That's the same as the federal minimum wage!
@cybertek3188 Guess they think it's still 1959.🤪
Biden and Kamela inflation . when I was in school 3.35 was minimum wage and
This is why we need unions - competing with prisoners for work is insanity.
Instead of hiring you it's more profitable to get slaves. Incarceration has been the next slavery all this time
thats exactly what stalin did when he forced the non-incarcerated population to compete against the gulag...
They're using prison labor to break up unions. To treat us all like prisoners. This is insane.
Question is which catagory industrial or law enforcement should be unionized? Police reform fails as evident in Chicago for the past 40 years resulting from Unions in law enforcement reverting to racial profiling (stop and frisk) policies to protect the "status quo" enforcing the Romanus pontifex doctrine (1450s) and British Common law America was found by to protect Protestant Christians and enforce stave laws. The ACLU filed numerous lawsuits against law enforcement in Chicago leading to consent decrees for the same violations (racial profiling, stop and frisk) only to have officers revert to previous race based policies.
every single company in america would gladly use slave labor over employees if we let them (and a lot do it anyway)
I have zero issue with inmates giving back to a community they violated through community service like picking trash, fighting fires, or anything else from the government with proper training and safe working standards. Prisoners working for private companies for profit is absolute BS.
I was in Management in Aoc and was shocked when people had a life sentence for a misdemeanor charge of stealing bread on three strikes with no felonies. Many are incarcerated for being black. True some have committed crimes. However, if they were actually locking up people for committing crimes the system would be more diverse considering all the conviently overlooked. They should use that for every crime on the book.
@@lw1524 please go find me the bread man. The man that was only stealing some bread for his emaciated daughter and ended up getting life in prison.
@@lw1524 that should not happen either. Having grown up in a small community, I have seen how people become targeted by the community, often for no other reason than thinking differently.
The issue becomes greed. I believe in justice, but many of the people in charge of carrying it out are also corrupt. If there is money to be made in forcing incarcerated people to work then it will be abused. On some level there will be a contract, and that contract will include monetary compensation to cover transportation, food, extra clothing etc. Then people will do what people always do and take advantage of the system to make money. There is no way a prison is agreeing to transport prisoners around to various jobs and taking on all the extra responsibility without being well compensated. Once they see the value in the system it becomes more valuable to keep someone incarcerated for the labor value than allowing them parole.
I came to say this. I don’t think greed and for profit should be allowed. I do think it’s okay for them to pay restitution and cover the costs of those incarceration instead of the tax payers having to shoulder the burden.
I'm in Alabama and I am so glad you're shining a light on these atrocities by the AL department of corrections. The 2% parole rate comparison to most states 15% rate is an injustice to the entire process.
Absolutely I'm in bama as well and involved in community corrections and you wouldn't believe the money I have to shell out every month ...is a total scam and they shorten the hours they are open and up the prices on the drug test all the time ...
@@bthom1354 I would definitely believe it!
Don't have a recidivism problem that way.
Yes
kamala kept blacks in prison in california that had served their time, don't need to get parole, your free, but she kept them locked up.
My mind is blown! I didn't know that this was happening. "Things don't end. They evolve." That is profound when we're talking about modern-day slavery.
My mind is blown with the fact that you believe this BS❗️🤯 No body is making Slaves out of anyone. Do some fact checking.
The Alabama and Louisiana prison systems are absolutely horrible. Cesspools of injustice.
Also Texas
Add New York to the list. Look what Democrats did to Dexter Taylor.
Mississippi prisons too
As a Louisiana resident my entire life this is absolutely shocking but not surprising unfortunately 🤐
And Slavery.
This is EVERYWHERE in the U.S. Not just the south. The government takes advantage of the most vulnerable. There's more than one reason drugs are illegal. The biggest reason is that it makes it easy to fill jails.
FUCKING THIS!
This is not lie! Straight FACTS!!!
Abolish Slavery for Forever
We are not Free, until We are all Free!
Are you voting Kamala? If so, stop the fake outrage.
FACTS !
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This is correct!! I’ve worked with incarcerated people before in a restaurant. Happy this is finally getting the attention it deserves.
And the politicians who should be representing this group of people is most likely rooting and rallying for the other side.
STOP COMMITTING CRIMES!
Did their victims get the attention they deserved?
They are not in prison for no reason. They are in prison because either their crimes were so severe that they had to be removed from society, or the wouldn't stop breaking the law and it was the only way to keep them from victimizing innocent people.
@Thunderbyrd. That still does not make them available for cheap labour in any civilised country.
And if their crimes are that bad why trust them in service jobs?
It makes mo sense.
@@Thunderbyrd. Private companies should not make a profit of slavery. Furthermore the real hard earning people and their income should not have to compete with those free services of incarcerated people!
Who commit crimes and is not suitable for parole, should not serve private companies for their profit and taking hard working peoples jobs!
Anyone watching this video take it to heart. Its 100% true... not just in Alabama but ALL states!
Work release is designed for an inmate to fail.... so they can violate the conditions of their parole & get sent back to prison! That is more $$$$ back into the system... back into some judges' pocket! Yes, certain people do get a kickback from it!
This barely scratches the surface of the abuse going on in the profitable private prison system.
😢 why doesn't anyone report about it except this woman? Teaching yes, slave labor, ummm....?
Thanks to that dirtbag Reagan
Alabama is a fascist state and is slowly becoming a Nazi state
This is true there's sex traffic of all kinds, abortions, torture, death. We Roam in the Land of the Devil.
@annsaunders5768 they're criminals not people and "shouldn't just sit there for free they need to work"
What's worse...they can work for the corporations while incarcerated but can't once they are released
That part, they will answer to the CREATOR soon
They want them to go back to prison.......
aman. Because they are watched by a Guard. Not, when out on their own. Not trust worthy. No one watching them.
@@kcrich1310 NO. SOME CRIMINALS..want to go back. Don't commit crimes.
Wicked Wicked Wicked system
Agreed if you’re a non violent offender and you’re fit for work you should be on parole and not slave labor for the state. Completely unethical and un-American.
I agree
Nah, it's VERY American. This is what this country was founded on.
it's 100% American babes
It's VERY American to have slavery
Un-American? This is the most American thing I can think of. Slavery was originally written into our constitution, we celebrate capitalism and greed, and hold those who find loopholes like this as American heros.
We are no longer questioning if things are illegal. We need to be asking why no one is enforcing those laws.
Why is no one talking about what this means for "free" people who are looking for work?! They won't get hired, when companies can hire inmates for a fraction! Wrong on every level!
That’s exactly what I was just thinking. It undoubtedly hurts regular, free folks, especially young people in school and poor women, especially with children, just trying to get by in the everyday world. So it hurts both the prisoners who should get parole, as well as the townspeople, but it only benefits the corporations and the prisons. Yeah, Kay Ivey is such a peach (sarcasm).
This is a result of allowing Slavery to remain legal in the Constitution. Everyone will eventually become subject to it.
@@kgs2280looking at the big picture, play I'm trying to create crabs in a barrel. Causing unemployed people to stay poor and commit crimes and go to jail
WE 🇺🇸🫂 PPL Are On Our Own Period 😢
I think the companies still pay the full wages for the work.
The corrections office pays them and then keeps the rest of the money. Over time, that's alot of money.
This is how corporations replace cheap migrant labor. Use cheap prison labor in its place. Add a dash of removing restrictions on child labor and the gravy train keeps rolling.
Yup. Its all about getting the most work out of you for the least pay, always has been.
The point is to subjugate the worker as much as possible, encouraging child labor now is the “how low can you go” mindset that is KILLING workers with less n less rights…It’s why we need every person in a union. I mean unions themselves abolished child workers!! Now they’re abolishing those protections…and bringing back slavery-which was their goal all along!
They get to legally pay an individual not only state min wage, but set standards that the jail system allows - No Overtime!
Project 2025 has a section devoted to changing child labour laws to allow some kids, whom want to; To do dangerous work if they can handle it!
Migrant labor isn’t any cheaper than American labor, given we all work under the authorization of the govt. or oh wait, do you mean illegal immigrant labor, because okay why’d you just only say “migrant” that’s misleading.
It's almost like we should end slavery in the US
Right?! 🥲
White supremacy requires black enslavement.
By forcè
Maybe slavery never emded....
They're still playing the slave game in England too....they will stop at nothing to keep the slave game going.
Thank you for covering important issues like this ❤
Thank you for giving these poor people a voice and bringing them to our and wider attention. What an utterly sad state of affairs.
The minimum wage in Alabama is 7.25/hr. That is also disgusting. That's why so many alabamians are living in poverty.
There are 22 states with the same minimum wage
Why would a company hire someone for minimum wage, when you can get an inmate to work for a couple bucks a day?
@@troypollonais9143And a much higher cost of living to boot.
What do you expect? It's a right wing state.
I'm pretty sure that's the federal minimum wage.
The Department of Corrections should be called the Department of Corruption.
Ran by The Department Of INJUSTICE, anti Black DEMONcrat party CORRUPTED system
What should the Unired stated be changed to we sure and the fuck aint united
It's bc the prisons are owned & operated by private corporations! Not the states anymore !!
It costs the families alot of $ too
DEPARTMENT OF CRIME
You should look at the exoneration rate, innocent people, mostly black mostly boys really, but if you look at who put those kids in prison for decades, it's usually the surrounding community.
That’s the government always keeping the working man down
When I was 13 in 1975 I ran away from home. I hitchhiked I-10 through Alabama many times. I was picked up hitchhiking in 77 in rural AL. I had a fake ID claiming I was 18 that I bought at a flea market in Texas. The Alabama pigs gave me six months hard labor for Vagrancy and threw me in jail with hardened adult criminals. The abused me and "loaned" me to local farmer to "help" bring in his crops. It was a small family farm and I harvested and processed several acres of vegetables all by myself over 2 months. After I got out I looked up who the owner of the farm was. It was the judge's family who had sentenced me knowing I was a juvenile runaway. They have always been unethical and exploitive in the deep south.
i wouldnt want to live in the south ( hoosier here ) , i find the majority of southern people despicable with the " i could buy ye and sell ye " mindset . having said that , the state of indiana to this day works low level " dumbfuck " offenders for 20 cents an hour and their one privilege is to buy and use cigarettes sold by the prison at about 10 bucks a pack . ( atterbury min sec prison ) .
im a bit mixed on this issue because all of these offenders ( ive supervised them at morgan monroe forestry ) are of a similar age -- 30 ish . its people who refused to participate in a competive workplace / society , maybe they need to see the downside of laziness . ( its 20 cents an hour ) .
1995 ish i worked on an infrastructure crew . a man named " hubbard " shit a brick one day because he realized he was working on a " non-prevailing wage " jobsite and being paid 8 bucks an hour instead of 18 bucks . FF , only a few weeks and he murdered in cold blood the proprietors of the local ( elks ? ) club for their 800 - ish bucks evening take . i was a 36 ish yr old man with a family of 4 and i didnt mind the 8 dollar wage at all . this hubbard cunt wanted it all and he wanted it NOW .
😲😢
Holy Shit. Man That Just Opened Up My Eyes. That's crazy.
Five topics to fix society via discussion:
-Anti-natalism vs Natalism
-The 3 basic needs/prenatal needs
Three things necessary for human evolution that are provided while in the womb which are; food, shelter and medical care.
-Platinum rule
Do whatever makes one happier unless it interferes with another persons ability to do the same.
-MBTI (research yours and connect with others)
-Art (pick one and get better at it!)
Never happened. Hollywood fiction.
Alabama, doing everything wrong since December 14th 1819
I think it's pretty much the worst state? Maybe tied with Florida?
This video is highlighting Alabama, but this issue is nationwide and protected by the 13th amendment. In California they’re putting out fires, but there and everywhere else they’re raising cattle, picking vegetables, laying foundation for buildings, the list goes on and on and I need them to do an expose on the entire country, although Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Georgia are particularly awful. By the way, these people are being paid like .12 cents an hour.
Everything!!!
I hate Alabama 😅😅😅😅
As an Alabamian, I love my state. But I abhor this practice!!!
This is disgusting, just when you think this country cant get any worse this pops up in the feed.
We're headed for destruction...and I hope not of self.
You upset that they are making more money than you?
@@bierbarrelWhy would you think that? They are probably disgusted with the inhumanity, coupled with the millions flowing into private companies' pockets. Are you not disgusted by this?
What is disgusting, is this video, calling people working, sustaining themeless, while being CRIMINALS..as "slavery!" Everyone has to work. Don't commit crimes and you won't be in prison. Pay all the same bills, OUTSIDE of prison. lol
@@littleme3597 You didn't understand the video, or the situation, did you? Your comment proves it. What would you think if were forced to work, when sick, injured or so tired it is unsafe, and have more than 40% of your paycheck taken by your handler? Then, told you are not safe to enter society? Watch this again, perhaps without your fingers in your ears.
Look at the Prison Population in every State, to find out what their agendas are! Pennsylvania has one of the highest rates!
I've heard about stuff like this! 😨 They call them "for-profit prisons"! 😣
No, this is a state prison, but it's nearly as bad as a for-profit prison.
This is not private, though many state prisons are run by Wakenhutt, a private firm (spelling). And the private prisons are not worse in this way, only in many others.
Expect this to spread if Trump is reelected.
Are you voting Kamala? If so, stop the fake outrage.
@@TheMouseAvenger I believe as usual there is some confusion. For profit prisons were when they started contracting out the running of the prisons to private companies such as Wakenhut. But this is another thing that could be called that. The first I heard of it was in California. So be aware of the two different things that may be referred to with that term. Either one is snother trap/shell game the authorities play with our lives.
If they're trusted enough to go out and do work for a company, they're not a threat to society and should be released.
Do you think that separating dangerous criminals from the public is the only purpose of prison? How naive can you be? time to grow up and realize the harsh realities of the world and human nature .
Money is America's only God.
You got that right.
Once the collapse happens food will be the new God
So true
So true
There's also the fear of people of western European descent. People that, unconsciously, know the harm that has been done and can't face it, because they fear the very actions they've committed.
Great coverage of this subject.
Slavery with extra steps.
For profit prisons is one of the worst ideas, next to for profit Healthcare.
And knowing these businesses refuse to hire the very same workers once released is an abominable hypocrisy.
Yeah because the prison has a contract and profits off prisoner workers / slaves. Those jobs are for prisoners not people in the community
Exactly...going to prison to get a job. It's so utterly criminal...The Constitution and every law on the books should be ignored...burned and damned by those of us who suffer this mockery.
If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime.
The objective of prison labor is to:
>repay your debt to society
>punish you for committing crime.
The issue is *not* prison labor; if I had my way, all prisoners would be made to do labor instead of lounging in an easy cell with free food and water for years. (The working class gets no free shelter, and works hard EVERY DAY.)
The only issue here is that the money is going to corporations, instead of funding public projects that taxpayers are forking out money for. But anyone who has been incarcerated can, and should, be made to work from the time they are admitted until the day they are released.
Contract
@@rhondaarnesen6684 don't go to prison. I hire felons at 1k a week to learn
This is absolutely disgusting 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤕🤕🤕
It makes me sick also. Did he say that they won’t hire him if he’s out of jail? Most jobs don’t hire convicted criminals 😕
@@Simsim3eIsn't that a sick and twisted thing for businesses to be allowed to do.
In and out of prison.
@@Simsim3ecrazy
And they want to bring child labor back too! Imagine what they'll do 4 or 5 years after they get their wish, imagine what those jobs and what that pay will be like once they get plenty of teens working when they should be going to school.
Hell! Big business will probably get it turned around to where these kids are paying to work these s*** jobs calling it "training" for the real world. 😂😂😂😂
No it's not, they get paid and it's voluntary, how is it slavery
Let’s boycott the companies using forced labor nationwide.
When you’re in jail it’s like being the military.
In one case the state owns you, in the other instance the government owns you ! Your point is ???
@@Angelo-fo8deNobody joins prison! You join the military, we haven’t had drafting in decades.
@@Angelo-fo8deWhat's the difference between voluntary service and slave labor? Really?
😂😂😂 Great idea but Americans love these companies and everything they make
Burger King, McDonalds, Wendy's, Golden Corral, please stop contracting with prisons for free labor.
This is a mess
I did not know this was happening. Thank you for raising awareness!
Another side is how this hurts low income/ middle class ppl and small businesses. Keeps wages low and gives corporations a competitive edge.
I know several small businesses that employees inmates. They get the same pay and benefits. They are taught a skill. These programs done right can help everyone
Not just that, but run for-profit prisons and probation isn't free. Probation in the state of AL is handled by 3rd parties.
Our country's principles were a total line of bs, as evidenced by how so many people in this country are mistreated! The ONLY things that matters in this country are GREED and MONEY!!!
This should be illegal! So the corporations aren't out dime. The charges are really infuriating!
No,better than behind bars. They can prove they can survive in a society.
I wonder how much that the company sends back to the ADOC?
They are surviving, theyve gave these people have been incarcerated with max sentences and no chances of parole.
Why should the powers that be give up free labor.@@Patrick-yh5yd
@@howlinwulf because it's cruel, and cruel and unusual punishment is illegal.
I wonder how much of a tax write off this is?! 2:22
Thanks for the investigative journalism 😢
The minute I got paroled I would leave Alabama immediately. Immediately.
Same as my brother he relocated while on parole in Alabama as it so terrible there
And never look back
Still more freedom than Commiefornia
All states are evil. We are living in hell.
I'd leave the whole country after being a 21st century slave
The system is working exactly how "THEY" designed it to work.
please stop the antisemitism
@@maxkraus7063 it's just the truth
This practice is inspired by the reconstruction era where incarcerated persons were still enslaved. Most of those people were (and still are) primarily black.
13th amendment, deliberately written to allow slavery for the incarcerated.
No way! Who would've thought.
They're always so nice and well behaved on TV though..
@@canavanibus doesn’t change the fact that they shouldn’t be treated as less than human… what about the corrupt cops who are worse than them? They just get off the hook and can work somewhere else a county over
The US prison system was created in Alabama immediately after the end of the Civil War. The state instituted draconian "loitering" and "curfew" laws so that black men walking home from legitimate jobs were arrested for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
These prisoners were rented out to mines and agribusiness to work without pay (the state got paid) and to live in barracks that were nothing more than barns, and many, MANY died from the horrific conditions without ever seeing their families again after their arrest.
Keep dragging this stuff out into the light, please 🙏
It's completely legal unfortunately. It's literally enshrined in the constitution. Slavery was NEVER abolished, it was left legal as punishment for a crime and crimes are selectively enforced. Cops started as slave catchers and they literally haven't changed
Pin this.
Posse! Nothing changed. Just different name. Rigged that way.
Second the pinning!!
In the South, the cops started as slave catchers. In the North they started as Union-busters.
Yup 👍 FACTS.
"Capitalism is a reformation of feudalism just as feudalism is a reformation of slavery."
This isn’t capitalism. This is Marxism.
I don't know who said that, but they arrived at the very same conclusion that I did.
What's next
@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394 a lot of people have come to this conclusion 😂. It's a pretty surface level conclusion. Also happens to be wrong.
Capitalism as it was intended, in my opinion, has shifted to Corporatism ==Greed!!!
Thank you for bringing this to the attention of the public.
America has had the most people locked up for a long time. This isn't a secret.
Everyone does this too like china
@@Troll.420 Real Americans don't compare us to China.
Breaking news : Criminals Forced to Work.
Let's all cry.
Ha,!
@@Troll.420 America has way more people incarcerated than China despite China having 5x as many people
The ones who put these laws in place, it's not broken, it's rewarding
Slavery was never made illegal in the US.
They just perfected it
They Nationalised it
The Great Pretenders sucker punched us...as usual. Time to punch back!
@@user-zu5do6ri6r oh quit crying like a baby. Plenty of black leaders all over rhe place . Mayor's, police chiefs lawyers, doctors etc. Why can't you do something that would better your life? Oh you too busy being a victim.
Read the 13th amendment
The reporting is consistently excellent. This ought to be deemed illegal.
THANK YOU for being the kind of people who care enough about others to make these kind of videos!
I get more and more depressed, the more I find out just how inhumane, racist, discriminatory, sociopathic and cold-hearted our world is -- especially the US!!!
I’m with you!
Just look at all the wonderful people that’s helping the flood victims in Asheville Tn etc. It will give you hope in mankind. It’s wonderful how everyone is helping each other because the stupid Government/Kamala is doing anything to help them. God bless you!!
The government Kamala Is Not helping.
I know what you mean though!! It is just horrible and absolutely disgusting the way things are right now. We have to know though that there are still good people out there. They are just far and few between unfortunately!!
making these videos doesn't change anything, they just provide you the information. it's up to you to make a real change
I dont understand why the government want the people to follow the laws...
If not the leaders and companies dont follow the laws in Usa.....
Why should the people follows the laws.....
I went to jail for stealing because i couldn't get a job because prisoners had all the jobs, and I've got a job now but will be fired if I ever get out of prison.
Wow!
@@CarieSaadyou took the words outta my mouth
you said a mouthful
Wow, that's insane, when and if they ever let you out, get out of that corrupt state. That's so sad, will be praying you get out!!! Vote blue 💙 when you do
America has so much opportunity, you have illegal immigrants getting jobs. You can figure it out, if you can't then ask for help. Deciding to steal means you're bad
it's just slavery by the back door.
Especially when power-hungry pigs in southern states disproportionally target black and other people of color for these private for-profit prisons all while states funnel money to the owners of these prisons while getting kickbacks.
oh no, it's very much at the front door. They just wave their legal magic wand over it, strip away your basic rights because you're a prisoner and then simply change rules so they don't run afoul of Federal employment laws.
They probably take it up the backdoor..... in jail 😂
@@timwarcloud - not funny
@behaviorwellnesspodcast9574 it's hilarious 😂. You know these jailbirds are ass bandits.
These elites don't have a conscious.
Wealth and power corrupts.
Elites as in white men, meaning white supremacy. Not one person of color benefits from treating people like that.
Big facts!
The more wealth you have, the less capable you are of having empathy for others. It’s a proven fact that poorer people are more generous than the wealthy (when you compare it %-wise to their assets/income).
the ruling class are taught as children not to have a conscience they're taught that those under them are garbage
Thank you for your work! Blessings!
Slavery is not dead in the south! I've been saying that for years!
lmao
IT'S NOT DEAD IN THE NORTH EITHER... The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery in the United States and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. It was passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865.
Thank you!!! You not lying and they target all the black people
Ain't dead anywhere bud
@@kreshabrown3305they target poor ppl n racistly assume minorities are broke..... fuckers won't leave this trailerpark tho.
Looking for ppl who can't afford a actual lawyer.
Unbelievable. This should be illegal!
It is illegal. The major problem is your government doesn't want you to know your international human rights. American government is the biggest criminal organisation on the planet.
Arizona does the same thing. Possibly worse, small towns and schools throughout Southern Az can't (really more like won't) afford to pay enough for free world workers for outdoor work and are dependent on prison labor. So - they are safe enough to work in schools but still need to be locked up?
R visas and coprate green cards play a role .
It is done everywhere for-profit prisons exist, which is every state.
Prison labor were the only reason CA could fight the wildfires ravaging the West coast…but they deny them the right to become firefighters later, which they have an extreme shortage of. 🤔
@@samaraisnt I took a extra courses to clean up the oil spill on the gulf shore line damage from the deep water horizon through A petrolium company.plenty of work no jobs .All the work was given to prisoners and green card migrants. I had a hazwoper certificate. .I've been outsourced with no job at the time due to this kind of corruption .
This must change all of it. The prison, education , health care, elder care, child care, and our whole political system..... not 1 of them are ethical all are corrupt. When will we stop this insanity?
I am so sick of the United States addiction to slavery! That is the addiction we should be most worried about.
I don't think that qualifies as an actual medical addiction. Slavery addiction? never heard of that. But I do agree the system needs to be changed. When I see more than 100k people being unalive from work release a year, I might agree😂
People are a slave to their sin so they end up being incarcerated what's so hard to figure out here Einstein
Even regular workers seem to be slaves of sorts compared to the rest of the world; low PTO, no paid maternity/paternity leave, no compassionate time off
We got all the addictions
FYI, currently there are more people in slavery in 3rd world countries than the USA has ever enslaved.
This is important journalism, thank u.
Labor is one of the most valuable commodities in the United States. Those who are able to exploit it are doing crushing it when it comes to profit.
Why are black men more likely to be incarcerated just watch the news man 13 percent committing most of the violent crimes in this country and they call it slavery don’t get yourself put in prison jeeeezzz
Calling it crushing it is disgusting
This is so true, and why labor should be the most regulated commodity in the marketplace.
Government is the greatest exploiter of labor. They take a percentage of your income by force. 50% tax, 50% slave.
Parole doesn’t want them out because they lose money 💴 you need your slave to work not go free
Don't tell Mississippi and Louisiana about this, then again did Alabama steal this idea from them.
Sadly
Mississippi has restitution programs where men work in factories and get $20.00 out of their checks. They live in a different facility from the prison. They get cheap looking food or lunch and transportation to work. I worked with them at a chicken factory.
Louisiana does this.
Sadly, ALL states are doing this, and it's perfectly legal due to the 13th amendment
Since they are prisoners, they can legally be slaves.
We need to repeal the 13th amendment, NOW!
I was in prison in South Carolina. I worked for the county cutting grass. Worked at Purdue Farms hanging live chickens. Then a restaurant as a dishwasher. So I truly understand
i work for purdue, didn’t know this until i seen it with my own eyes
And you worked, like the rest of normal people to sustain, your living in prison. PRISON IS NOT A SPA OR FREE. Prison has the same bills any household has. Utilities, food, rent, repairs, laundry, medical, dental. I bet you preferred being productive, then just sitting, eating, sleeping, pooping in prison! You got out into sunshine, got exercise, Work is good for people.
@@littleme3597perhaps you are slow. This is about they taking our money. Stupid 🤡. And normal people didn't won't those jobs so.if so they would of never had inmates do it
@@littleme3597 if Normal people like you worked, they would of never got inmates to do it
@@candydigga if you worked like a normal person you wouldn't have been in prison in the first place...
Slavery was never abolished.
You can't. Too many people willfully want to be slaves.
@@arthurfoyt6727that’s bs
@@rachelhronis1966 It's truth. Look at all the id10ts who are economic slaves that owe $300-500K in student loans. Look at those who join cults and give everything over to their leader. Look at all those in crappy cubicle jobs making $6.50 an hour.
@@arthurfoyt6727 This is not slavery. My ancestors were slaves. Slaves are property and cannot earn *any* money and can be beaten or even killed for disobeying. Slaves were not killed routinely only because to kill a slave is to waste your money, like pushing your car off a cliff. So, let's stop comparing this to actual slavery. These inmates also do not have to pay for food and lodging and transportation, so the prisons are taking a cut to help with providing for inmates. I can see both sides of this problem. The lesson is stay out of prison if you do not think it operates fairly.
@@josbar2835 Agreed; jail is not slavery, it's VOLUNTARY.
I have slave duties coming up... This world sucks.
“We need to start correcting. We need to start loving. We need to start teaching.”
I am a professional educator and I believe that to teach is to love. I hope everyone hears this woman’s words. They are power.
well when they get out of prison, they can move next to you.
Well, whenever you eat out, run a background check on the person cooking your food.
You need to stop committing crime.
price of freedom is blood.
It's a choice.
that is insane exploitation. I personally was completely clueless to how the prison can exploit people like that, thank you for bringing awareness to these situations
Seventeen years for a non-violent misdemeanor.
Think about that for a moment. One of the people in this video received a seventeen year sentence for a crime that was not a felony and did not involve someone else being hurt. For this, that person was placed in a system that forced them to work for (roughly) $3.12 an hour ($250 per two-week check divided by 80 hours on average).
Think of any high-profile criminal, preferably one located in the US. Now, imagine the stink that would've been kicked up if that person had been told they had to work at McDonald's or be given solitary confinement while also being told they would receive no chance of parole and that good behavior would play no factor in reducing their sentence.
Whoever is in charge in Alabama should no longer be in charge. Period.
The "incompetent" are in charge in all areas of activity...or rather diabolical.
As a British citizen I found it astounding that this is legal!
But still they made a choice, they chose crime, there is always a victim even it's the victim is society as a while. Don't break the law and you won't go to prison.
Yes it's legal to send criminals to prison. People aren't sent to prison for a single speeding ticket. They are sent to prison as a last resort.
@@Thunderbyrd. Right, right. How silly of me. If I never break the law, I'll never go to prison.
Okay, let me draw your attention waaay back to the start of my statement: "One of the people in this video received a seventeen year sentence for a crime that was not a felony and did not involve someone else being hurt." I didn't state they didn't break the law; they did. I didn't state they didn't deserve to be punished for their crime; they were. What I objected to (and what you have conveniently ignored) is that this person spent 17 years (longer than children are expected to spend in public schooling) in prison for their crimes.
Choice doesn't enter into this.
There are three classes of misdemeanor in the state of Alabama. The most severe, Class A, has a maximum allowable sentence of 1 year in jail (not prison, mind you, just the county jail) and a fine of $6,000. So, either the person in this video committed the same crime seventeen times and got the max for every charge or something incredibly screwy is going on with the system. Beyond, you know, threatening non-violent offenders with solitary confinement if they don't show up for the double-shift they got assigned at the job that pays them less than a half of the national minimum wage (since Alabama doesn't have a minimum wage established at all).
Thunderbyrd, allow me to quote a comedian you might have heard, "Next time you have a thought, let it go."
Woah. Brutal and slick. The true character of people shows clearly when they have the advantage.
Yet another reason to avoid fast food establishments. I'm through with these greedy corporations. Shame on Alabama.
Screw off you Russian Bot, collect your obviously highly needed nickle and screw off!!!
Alabama has the worst prison system in America.
That fact makes this story all the more chilling
So..... don't commit serious crime in Alabama. Problem solved.
As a Alabama resident, I don't feel bad for them. You should see how many chances these folks get!
Believe me I get it I felt the same as you until my child was convicted. My son worked and was a contributing member of society and made a terrible decision one night that changed our lives. The court system stacked on charges that were not his and was not true when it went in front of the grand jury. My son had a clean record and was in the military for 10 years. His “attorney” allowed the judge to talk to him before hand and scared him into taking a plea. I’ve realized there are many in the Alabama prisons that should have been given probation instead they are given long prison sentences. My son truly didn’t deserve the sentence he received. It is expensive to have someone in prison now and is hard on my family. Most of us won’t allow our dogs to live like they do. It’s sick and gross the conditions they live in. My child is cold in the winter and my son is burning up sweating when it’s summer. Doctors and dentist are jokes in there. He see’s violence and drugs every day. He see’s people overdosing on a regular. He’s seen people stabbed. They don’t get to go outside regularly when they do it might be only a few minutes. I know it’s easier not to think about them but they are being treated terrible in there. My son got zero chances.
@@Mfk0001 I'm sorry for all you've been through,Jesus loves you.
This should STOP NOW, where is the federal government!
They enabled this system.
On the receiving end of some of that 40%.
They are busy profiting off of this corrupt system.
Giving your money to Israel and Ukraine.
Feds cannot intervene, thanks to states rights.
They would like to do this to everyone if they could
I have pointed this out for years and performed my own investigation. It's horrifying and I don't think it's going to change without federal intervention. Most of my lovely fellow Alabamians are quite alright with this and are angry that conditions aren't even worse.
People are quick to judge others and don't ever think they might end up in that same situation.
@@y2kelly66 or that their children's children will one day be the victims of this system.
This is also the reason the government refuses to increase the supply of ADHD meds. Many people found out they needed these meds and the DEA found a new frontier for their endless drug war and new bodies to fill the slots emptied out by the widespread push to decriminalize cannabis.
The government is implicit in it by their failure to act.
They agreed to the program and its rules. If they don’t like it then go sit in a jail cell with the rest of the inmates.
Some people somewhere that created this system need to be put in jail for 30 years of hard labour breaking rocks.
Maybe when people finally get to walk free, they won't become repeat offenders. That is the point. Most people ARE repeat offenders and it's the same individuals all the time.
@@thubandra963 what are you talking about the same individuals you do realize that judges can make you think that just by keeping these people in prison and do you know how hard it is to become a better in prison
KAMALA HARRIS kept people in prison beyond their sentences for free labor as a district attorney in California
As a District Attorney in California, Vice Pres Kamala Harris used to hold people in prison and jail LONGER in order to get free labor out of them. FACTS.
@@thubandra963I've seen it with guys in work release from county jail. They get on a job to pay fines and when it's all paid off they jump right back into same shit. Then end up back in jail again. They don't know anything but jail life.
As someone in Alabama, this is utterly inexcusable and disgusting.
She's 100% right, and there will be absolutely nothing done to change things. 100%.