Shaka Senghor
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And a lot of the environments where these prisons are...
The fact that prison is an industry is also insane.
The fact that privatized prisons are an industry.
When I found out that prison guard unions lobby to keep drug laws on the books, I remember that moment.
The moment I found that, I was like,
You're using people as like batteries to generate money.
And private prisons are, they want more people in there because that's how they make money.
It's like, if you're a chicken farmer, you want more chickens.
If you're a people farmer, I mean, you're essentially a people farmer, which is evil.
You got to work a week to make a phone call.
Still, if you make it 17 cents an hour.
Do you know the Freeway Ricky Ross story?