after #abolition many Black people who had nowhere to go, were charged rents by their former plantation owners if they didn't leave. if they didn't pay, they were either re-enslaved thru prison OR indentured into financial servitude.
when the numbers of indentured Black servants weren't enough, that's when poor migrant workers became key to this new form of renter slavery.
this is what GOP fascists want to bring back with #prisons & #farms
Even the BBC is increasing its pejorative reports on Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. Israel currently holds more than 9,300 security prisoners, the vast majority of whom are Palestinians according to the Israeli rights group HaMoked, including more than 3,600 people in administrative detention. The headline belies the severe beatings and torture.
The Supreme Court appeared ready to let cities crack down on homeless camps, with conservative justices questioning lower-court rulings against anticamping laws - WSJ #SCOTUS
@GottaLaff gotta fill the #jails & #prisons somehow it’s getting harder with the decriminalization of pot.
If arrests can’t be kept high hard to justify more #police etc
Prisons and Prison Systems: A Global Encyclopedia by Mitchel P. Roth, 2006
This comprehensive encyclopedia provides a historical overview of institutions and systems around the world, as well as penal theories, prisoner culture and life, and notable prisoners and personnel.
"The survey collected firsthand experiences and perceptions of more than 560 incarcerated people. The conclusion was that incarcerated Californians face life-threatening risks from wildfires, extreme temperatures, and flooding."
A vivid work of hidden history that spans the wars to subjugate Native Americans in the mid-nineteenth century, the conquest of the western territories, and the creation of an American empire in Panama, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines, American Purgatory reveals how "prison imperialism"—the deliberate use of prisons to control restive subjects.
Amjad #Iraqi explains why Palestinians identify with Khader #Adnan, a prisoner who died on hunger strike, for his struggle against #israel#prisons.
"Those trying to undermine public anger over the hunger striker's death don't want to talk about the violent carceral regime that he struggled against."
"Newly released inmates detail cases of humiliation, torture, rape threats, and a prisoner beaten to death by Israeli forces in the weeks since October 7."
Most of the 9,000 Palestinians in civil #prisons were deported to 'israel' where families are forbidden to visit.
"We’ve documented nineteen different incidents of torture and abuse […], all of which have led us to believe that we’re looking at a policy rather than just isolated incidents."
"The type of abuse, how random it is, how brutal it is—we see that as giving rise to a more vengeful sentiment allowing prison guards to lash out at prisoners more brutally and randomly than before."
"As far as we know, nobody from the outside world has entry into these detention centers.
[…]
"A detainee can be held for up to a hundred and eighty days without counsel. That’s six months that a person can be held without having the right to visitation by a lawyer."
It is legal: "The government has ensured that horrific practices in sites like Sde Teiman can continue with impunity, in violation of international law and medical ethics."