PRISONS & JAILS

...profit from warehousing people. They warehouse the people society has no place for & discriminates against, while disappearing the neglect and abuses they suffer. Prisons make the powerless invisible and warehouse society's injustices: racism, sexism, homophobia, poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, addiction, homelessness, public and mental health crises, environmental destruction, government & corporate corruption. A prison's funding is based on the number of prisoners it holds & the "security level" it provides, so "profit" comes by getting more prisoners, building more cells & units, reclassifying prisoners as "more dangerous." Instead of eliminating injustice, this makes room for more injustice to be waged on the outside. Prisons are a form of violence and confront problems with that violence. They teach us that violence is how we solve our conflicts, sending violence back into our communities, crippling our families and draining our political power...