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[Graph from here](World Incarceration Rates If Every U.S. State Were A Country (No other country even makes the first page))
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[Graph from here](World Incarceration Rates If Every U.S. State Were A Country (No other country even makes the first page))
That’s wild. I wonder what that means in terms of aggregate labor capacity when that much of it is idled. I assume that this burden mainly falls on women and children to maintain households afloat.
Edit: I meant for El Salvador. I know about US prison labor and convict leasing
Well the other key to remember is that labour isn’t idled; prison labour is very much a thing, and quite productive for the US economy!
They rent out prison labour in a wide array of industries. Yes, literally rent out.