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From the source report: "This graph shows the number of people in state prisons, local jails, federal prisons, and other systems of confinement from each U.S. state and territory per 100,000 people in that state or territory and the incarceration rate per 100,000 in all countries with a total population of at least 500,000."
One out of every 15 people imprisoned across the world is a Black American incarcerated in the United States. [66] A 2004 study reported that the majority of people sentenced to prison in the United States are Black, and almost one-third of Black men in their twenties are either on parole, on probation, or in prison. [67]
Many prisons in the United States are overcrowded. For example, California's 33 prisons have a total capacity of 100,000, but they hold 170,000 inmates. [180] Many prisons in California and around the country are forced to turn old gymnasiums and classrooms into huge bunkhouses for inmates.
But many states also hire out prisoners to do that same work at big private companies. The AP met women in Mississippi locked up at restitution centers, the equivalent of debtors’ prisons, to ...
More than 150 years ago, a prison complex known as the Lone Rock stockade operated at one of the biggest The post Black prisoners and children as young as 12 enriched U.S. empires appeared first ...
The largest private prison companies in the U.S. stand to benefit from Trump's vow to increase deportations.
The company Aramark "reported a $16 billion increase of revenue in 2022, a 35% increase from 2021," showing that these companies that distribute many products to prisons are increasing their prices meanwhile the cost of labor & prison wages stays the same. [45]
The company also hired James C. Poland, who had worked in the Texas prison system, where Esmor was angling for new contracts. All of these recruits positioned the company for winnings. In 1994, Slattery and his partners cashed in with an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange valued at $5.2 million.