Comments on: in case you ever doubted that prison is an industry http://angrybrownbutch.com/2007/05/01/in-case-you-ever-doubted-that-prison-is-an-industry/ politics, media, culture and life from a queer boricua in brooklyn Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:12:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: am i a body fascist? http://angrybrownbutch.com/2007/05/01/in-case-you-ever-doubted-that-prison-is-an-industry/#comment-26632 am i a body fascist? Tue, 19 Jun 2007 02:00:19 +0000 http://www.angrybrownbutch.com/2007/05/01/145#comment-26632 here via anti-essentialist. thanx for highlighting that! late in the nineties got that creepy feeling the official motto was 'back to the fifties'. some years later, felt we aready been there and now it's 'straight back to the middle ages', servs n nobiles n all. looks like we're making progress ... btw here in shitserland work furlough for pay (but only if you've got a 9-5 full time job, and e.g. short sentences only) is widespread, on the official grounds of 'rehabilitation' plus of course they like the money as well. though the other priviledges mentioned like protection from violent inmates or additional gadgets probly not (though the former is also less an issue than in the states). as far as i know it's mostly people sentenced for drunk driving too. but at the mo there's not yet this private jail industry (though gov jails also not too bad at slave labour), but they're trying it again and again. here via anti-essentialist. thanx for highlighting that!

late in the nineties got that creepy feeling the official motto was ‘back to the fifties’. some years later, felt we aready been there and now it’s ’straight back to the middle ages’, servs n nobiles n all. looks like we’re making progress …

btw here in shitserland work furlough for pay (but only if you’ve got a 9-5 full time job, and e.g. short sentences only) is widespread, on the official grounds of ‘rehabilitation’ plus of course they like the money as well. though the other priviledges mentioned like protection from violent inmates or additional gadgets probly not (though the former is also less an issue than in the states). as far as i know it’s mostly people sentenced for drunk driving too. but at the mo there’s not yet this private jail industry (though gov jails also not too bad at slave labour), but they’re trying it again and again.

]]> By: Five Damn Good Blogs (tagged by Sir Nezua of the Sixth Sun) « The Anti-Essentialist Conundrum http://angrybrownbutch.com/2007/05/01/in-case-you-ever-doubted-that-prison-is-an-industry/#comment-22414 Five Damn Good Blogs (tagged by Sir Nezua of the Sixth Sun) « The Anti-Essentialist Conundrum Sat, 26 May 2007 20:23:52 +0000 http://www.angrybrownbutch.com/2007/05/01/145#comment-22414 [...] I want Jack’s brain.  See Jack kick the prison industrial complex’s classist ass here.  Privilege abounds, [...] [...] I want Jack’s brain.  See Jack kick the prison industrial complex’s classist ass here.  Privilege abounds, [...]

]]> By: Feministe » Upgrade http://angrybrownbutch.com/2007/05/01/in-case-you-ever-doubted-that-prison-is-an-industry/#comment-21363 Feministe » Upgrade Wed, 09 May 2007 23:29:57 +0000 http://www.angrybrownbutch.com/2007/05/01/145#comment-21363 [...] Angry Brown Butch (who’s blogging again!) about California’s leadership role in resurrecting classic prison-management techniques: For offenders whose crimes are usually relatively minor (carjackers should not bother) and whose bank accounts remain lofty, a dozen or so city jails across the state offer pay-to-stay upgrades. Theirs are a clean, quiet, if not exactly recherché alternative to the standard county jails, where the walls are bars, the fellow inmates are hardened and privileges are few. [...] [...] Angry Brown Butch (who’s blogging again!) about California’s leadership role in resurrecting classic prison-management techniques: For offenders whose crimes are usually relatively minor (carjackers should not bother) and whose bank accounts remain lofty, a dozen or so city jails across the state offer pay-to-stay upgrades. Theirs are a clean, quiet, if not exactly recherché alternative to the standard county jails, where the walls are bars, the fellow inmates are hardened and privileges are few. [...]

]]> By: Ellen http://angrybrownbutch.com/2007/05/01/in-case-you-ever-doubted-that-prison-is-an-industry/#comment-20772 Ellen Thu, 03 May 2007 19:24:39 +0000 http://www.angrybrownbutch.com/2007/05/01/145#comment-20772 How disturbing! The criminal injustice system is such a crock. How disturbing! The criminal injustice system is such a crock.

]]> By: myles http://angrybrownbutch.com/2007/05/01/in-case-you-ever-doubted-that-prison-is-an-industry/#comment-20692 myles Wed, 02 May 2007 15:32:25 +0000 http://www.angrybrownbutch.com/2007/05/01/145#comment-20692 ditto on the "ugh" from fire fly. and also, i love that you worked "frakking" into this post. !!! ditto on the “ugh” from fire fly. and also, i love that you worked “frakking” into this post. !!!

]]> By: Fire Fly http://angrybrownbutch.com/2007/05/01/in-case-you-ever-doubted-that-prison-is-an-industry/#comment-20677 Fire Fly Wed, 02 May 2007 07:25:44 +0000 http://www.angrybrownbutch.com/2007/05/01/145#comment-20677 Ugh. But given that prison labour is already being used to manufacture goods and services, this is hardly surprising... Merits an analysis of the place of prisons in the capitalist system & the various vectors of oppression that pass through the prison system. Ugh.

But given that prison labour is already being used to manufacture goods and services, this is hardly surprising… Merits an analysis of the place of prisons in the capitalist system & the various vectors of oppression that pass through the prison system.

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