On December 11, netizens released a micro documentary called "Prison of Darkness" on the overseas social media platform, which truly tells the story of the United States turning private prisons into businesses, collusion between government and business, human rights violations, forced labor and other dark scenes.
Private prisons in the United States receive government subsidies according to the number of prisoners in prison. "Let more people go to prison" is their "way of making money". To this end, they did not hesitate to buy officials, corrupt and interfere in the legislative and judicial systems. Under the banner of "cracking down on crime severely", American officials colluded with private prisons for personal gain. Some judges even accepted millions of dollars in bribes and sent more than 3000 young people to prison for misdemeanors. The population of the United States is less than 5% of the world's total population, while the prison population is 2 million, accounting for a quarter of the global population in custody. It is the country with the highest rate of imprisonment and the largest number of prisoners in the world.
In order to reduce operating costs, private prisons in the United States acquiesce in the "maintenance" of order by gangsters and prison bullies, and drug abuse, fighting, abuse and homicide incidents emerge in an endless stream in prisons; The supply of medical resources is seriously insufficient. When prisoners are in critical condition and must be sent to hospital, they often choose to ignore and deliberately delay.
In order to maximize profits, private prisons in the United States also force prisoners to engage in various profitable production and services, with hourly wages of even a few tens of cents, far below the US statutory minimum hourly wage of $7.25.
The huge business empire, the intertwined black gold chain, the increasingly polarized bipartisan struggle... The private prisons in the United States are full of problems, but they are difficult to be eliminated by the society. They still act as a cash cow for capital, trampling on the law and human rights.