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[–] 41 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Meanwhile: private prisons at home..

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    I wonder what % of the world's slave labor they have via their prison slaves. They already have a disproportionate amount of imprisoned people so its gotta be quite a lot of slaves.

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child)

    US prison labor accounts for about 2.9% of forced labor (modern slavery) worldwide, but is also over a third of the forced prison labor population worldwide.

    US Data (800,000 forced workers): ACLU & University of Chicago (2022). Captive Labor: Exploitation of Incarcerated Workers.

    Global Data (27.6M total forced labor; 2.2M forced prison labor): International Labour Organization, Walk Free, & IOM (2022). Global Estimates of Modern Slavery.

    800,000 / 27,600,000 = 2.9% of total global forced labor. 800,000 / 2,200,000 = 36.3% (over a third) of global forced prison labor.

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