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Here is one act that wrote it into law. 😒 I wish it would name and shame the people and parties that voted for this so we could learn from those mistakes.
edit: idk why people are downvoting this i meant this kindly as an answer to your question 😭
It is still possible to learn from the mistakes without name and shame blaming.
Though if you want to name and shame blame, politicians have to record the source of their donations, so it's possible to list those that are currently taking money from the prison system and blocking change.
I honestly don't understand America though, in other countries lobbying would be called corruption.
I don’t really understand your point but I do agree with everything you said.
I just think if we could see exactly which members of the 82nd Michigan legislature in 1984 passed the act and who donated to them we could have a better idea of who got us here today, thereby better answering the question above.
That’s probably a matter of public record somewhere but I don’t have the experience to find it
I was just trying to say there's not much point in outing people who passed a decades old bill unless they are still in power. It's more useful to highlight those that are in the pocket of the system and corruptly (legally through lobbying) blocking progress currently. They should be the targets.