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United States: prison labour, the last stronghold of slavery
Costs that emerged in efforts to escape chattel slavery now continue as many fight to escape its legacy in our carceral system, revealing an ongoing scheme of racialised community destabilisation and economic extraction.
Source: Open Democracy (17/09/2025)
