What Would a World Without Prisons be Like?

[Troy]

"The idea that prisons could reform or rehabilitate is only around 200 years old."

 

During reconstruction and into the present day the use of inmates to do the work for businesses is the most blatant form of the exploitation of the prison system -- comparable to slavery.

 

This video lends credence to the notion that jails are built to make money and Black people, due to a racist system, are disproportionately incarcerated.  Today the prisons themselves are the profit centers.  Hence the dramatic increase in the number of Americans incarcerated.    

 

The recidivism and collateral damage on Black families, communities, and Black people, in general, is incalculable.  ...and I doubt we will ever make serious progress toward reparations.