• hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    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

    • Dingus_Khan [he/him, they/them]
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      2 years ago

      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