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The Prison Industrial Complex

from Modern Feminist Manifesto by Nyentek

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Prison labor is exploited by private corporations for products such as circuit boards, limousines, waterbeds, and Victoria’s Secret lingerie
Mounting prison populations are not due to increased levels of crime
Racism and the pursuit of profit tie together corporations, government, correctional communities, and the media

Prisons must no longer be the dominant mode of punishment
The millions of men, women and children behind bars deserve a more humane, hospitable environment

Punishment must be conceptually separated from crime
Punishment is linked to economical and political structures and ideologies
Prison populations are racialized in the US, Europe, South America, and Australia
Although the prison industrial complex is not replacing the military industrial complex, they mutually support and promote each other
Social destruction reaps profits for both

Prisons must no longer be the dominant mode of punishment
The millions of men, women and children behind bars deserve a more humane, hospitable environment

Turning imprisoned bodies who are mostly bodies of color into sources of profit devours public funds that could be otherwise used for social programs such as education, housing, childcare, recreation, and drug programs

Prisons must no longer be the dominant mode of punishment
The millions of men, women and children behind bars deserve a more humane, hospitable environment

During the 1980s corporate ties to the punishment system became further entrenched
Prisoners in the US have always constituted a potential profit source
They have served as valuable subjects in medical research, providing a link between universities and corporations, that of the prison

Prisons must no longer be the dominant mode of punishment
The millions of men, women and children behind bars deserve a more humane, hospitable environment

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from Modern Feminist Manifesto, released August 23, 2014

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