wasn't sure where to post this, since I made it in GIMP, I'm putting it here
The Thirteenth Amendment: Modern Slavery, Capitalism, and Mass Incarceration - Cornell Law Review
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Colorado makes sense, but Utah is a bit of a surprise
I think prisons have increasingly become the employer of last resort for small and dying communities. Utah isn't very populous, but I think it gets a decent enough tourism income. Maybe the lack of completely deprived communities makes it easier not to cave to the prison industrial complex. Wild guess
Utah also has super overbuilt public works budgets in some small towns as a way of keeping young people from moving away because there are no jobs or opportunities. Maybe that competes with prison labor
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doesn't seem like a bad policy, that's a rare gem for an overfunded public expenditure in :amerikkka: to be constructive and not evil