Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoHow come weed/trees is not 100% legal in the US? It would unburden institutions let private retailers grow it saving the tax payer money instead of shelling out for insurance?message-squaremessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareHow come weed/trees is not 100% legal in the US? It would unburden institutions let private retailers grow it saving the tax payer money instead of shelling out for insurance?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square3linkfedilink
minus-squareinsufferableninja@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI agree with everything, except “for-profit prisons” is incomplete. Only something like 10% of prisoners are held in for-profit prisons. The modern prisoner slavery problem is endemic to the entire system, not just the private prison industry.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoFor-profit prisons are abhorrent. 10% is too much. But yeah, even the public prisons are slave labor camps. That’s gotta stop.
I agree with everything, except “for-profit prisons” is incomplete. Only something like 10% of prisoners are held in for-profit prisons. The modern prisoner slavery problem is endemic to the entire system, not just the private prison industry.
For-profit prisons are abhorrent. 10% is too much.
But yeah, even the public prisons are slave labor camps. That’s gotta stop.