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[Graph from here](World Incarceration Rates If Every U.S. State Were A Country (No other country even makes the first page))

  • FloridaBoi [he/him]
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    20 days ago

    That’s wild. I wonder what that means in terms of aggregate labor capacity when that much of it is idled. I assume that this burden mainly falls on women and children to maintain households afloat.

    Edit: I meant for El Salvador. I know about US prison labor and convict leasing

    • thethirdgracchi [he/him, they/them]
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      20 days ago

      Well the other key to remember is that labour isn't idled; prison labour is very much a thing, and quite productive for the US economy!