DanFuckingSchneider t1_jed4v9m wrote
Wait until you hear about prison debt. Not only is the state shackled with the cost of the prison, but many prisons also double dip and charge the prisoner themselves. When one is released they’re expected to pay for a daily rate they more than likely were not told about, and even if they were, they have no choice. This sticks a person who can basically never get a job or place to live again with hundreds of thousands to “pay back.”
Rest assured that the cruelty is the point. A reminder that if you don’t submit to producing profits, you could end up like them.
Downtown_Skill t1_jedlu0f wrote
It's honestly sickening and it's so sickening that people either don't want to believe that it's actually how it works or they don't want to think about it because it's so horrible that any actual critical thought put into this problem would make someone extremely depressed.
It needs to change. It's literally slavery. If you can't afford a home or you don't "submit to producing profits" as you put it, The state can literally make you a slave. Remember that prison labor is a thing too.
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