The End of the Prison-Industrial Complex?
ONSCREEN, ONE OF US PORTRAYED a prisoner. In real life, one of us was actually a prisoner.
In the dictionary, “justice” is defined as just behavior or treatment: a concern for peace and genuine respect for people. “And genuine respect for people” sends ripples through our conscience. The very notion of a for-profit prison is inherently against such a thing.
As Black men, we both have experienced the impact of the country’s prison-industrial complex in some way, shape or form. It is a corrupt system that profits from pain and imprisonment.
For private prison companies to make money, they need commodities