One of the newest forms of slave labor is the U.S. Army’s “Civilian Inmate Labor Program” to “benefit both the Army and corrections systems” by providing “a convenient source of labor at no direct cost to Army installations”, additional space to alleviate prison overcrowding, and cost-effective use of land and facilities otherwise not being utilized.
“With a few exceptions”, this program is currently limited to prisoners under the Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) which allows the Attorney General to provide the services of federal prisoners to other federal agencies, defining the types of services they can perform. The Program stipulates that the “Army is not interested in, nor can afford, any relationship with a corrections facility if that relationship stipulates payment for civilian inmate labor. Installation civilian inmate labor program operating costs must not exceed the cost avoidance generated from using inmate labor.” In other words the prison labor must be free of charge. (MORE)
http://blackcommentator.com/217/217_american_torture_chambers_prisons_2_nyasha.html
Please also see:
Reverse Reparations: Race, Place,
and the Vicious Circle of Mass Incarceration
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=30&ItemID=12253
A record 7 million people -- one in every 32 American adults -- were behind bars, on probation or on parole by the end of last year, according to the Justice Department. http://www.abqtrib.com/news/2006/dec/01/record-7-million-americans-prison/
8 Former Black Panthers Arrested and Indicted in 1971 Homicide
Charges based on evidence obtained by torture
By Center for Constitutional Rights
http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/2007/01/82210.shtml
Center for Constitutional Rights http://www.ccr-ny.org
“With a few exceptions”, this program is currently limited to prisoners under the Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) which allows the Attorney General to provide the services of federal prisoners to other federal agencies, defining the types of services they can perform. The Program stipulates that the “Army is not interested in, nor can afford, any relationship with a corrections facility if that relationship stipulates payment for civilian inmate labor. Installation civilian inmate labor program operating costs must not exceed the cost avoidance generated from using inmate labor.” In other words the prison labor must be free of charge. (MORE)
http://blackcommentator.com/217/217_american_torture_chambers_prisons_2_nyasha.html
Please also see:
Reverse Reparations: Race, Place,
and the Vicious Circle of Mass Incarceration
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=30&ItemID=12253
A record 7 million people -- one in every 32 American adults -- were behind bars, on probation or on parole by the end of last year, according to the Justice Department. http://www.abqtrib.com/news/2006/dec/01/record-7-million-americans-prison/
8 Former Black Panthers Arrested and Indicted in 1971 Homicide
Charges based on evidence obtained by torture
By Center for Constitutional Rights
http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/2007/01/82210.shtml
Center for Constitutional Rights http://www.ccr-ny.org