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Latest comic on prison labor in the US food supply chain

#prison #labor #work #humanrights #food #comic #cartoon

FORCED LABOR FUNNIES
1. An AP investigation found that prison labor – often forced – is widespread in the US supply chain.
A sign reads 13th Amendment Farm with a caption saying former slave plantation. A white prison guard on a horse is watching Black inmates.
Inmate: Wait, are we doing time or going backwards in time?

2. These jobs can pay pennies and involve dangerous work with few safety protections
Prisoner with arm in machine at chicken processing plant. Machine has warning sign that says "Insert chicken and remove hand quickly"
Prisoner: I’m giving years of my life, but please not my arm.

3. Prisoner-made food is almost certainly at your local grocery store.
Bag of Perp Puffs with slogan ‘Shackle yourself to flavor!’
Box of Convict Crunch cereal

4. But alas, most shoppers have no idea.
Woman holding stick of butter with slogan ‘I can’t believe it’s made with forced labor!’
Woman – I can’t believe it either!

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What happened to Harris County’s plans for criminal justice reforms? The Democratic district attorney in #Texas’ biggest county has made enemies—even among her former friends.

From the March/April 2023 issue of our magazine: https://www.texasobserver.org/kim-ogg-harris-county-democratic-revolt?utm_campaign=mastodon

#politics #USpol #CriminalJustice #prison #Houston #Democrats #election2024 #GulfCoast #news

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“The South really did not lose [the Civil War] when it came to maintaining this form of free labor.”

New from @josephinelee and Michelle Pitcher in our magazine, tracing two centuries of forced labor in Texas: https://texasobserver.org/texas-prison-plantations/

#prison #slavery #history #news #politics #HumanRights #labor #WorkersRights

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I'm not sure petitions can make that much difference, but that's no reason not to sign this one identifying the jailing of Just Stop Oil activists for long prison terms (especially as related to those being currently handed out to the far right, violent attackers), as unjust.

If you think 'two-tier' justice is happening but not the way Nigel Farage (and his rightist chums) think then this is as good a way to express it as any!

#Juststopoil #prison #farageriots

https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/uk_climate_activists_loc/