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Private prison companies set to make billions reopening jails for ICE (www.motherjones.com)

submitted 5 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/usa@midwest.social

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“There’s a private interest behind the detention and the incarceration of our community,” said an activist protesting the facilities.

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[–] VeryInterestingTable@lemm.ee 14 points 5 months ago

Isn't ICE slowly turning into the Gestapo?

The slippery slopes look very slippery.

[–] motor_spirit@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

https://www.gcir.org/sites/default/files/resources/How%20to%20Divest%20from%20Immigrant%20Detention%20-%20A%20Philanthropic%20Primer%208%2013%202019.pdf

Does anybody have more information about such schools of thought or efforts?

Was recently exploring the thought of divesting from such entities, as I realized I'm likely unknowingly contributing through retirement accounts

It's crazy how many people don't care, know, think about prison conditions, labor, rights etc. Obviously law and their contracts need to change, but gotta start somewhere eh?