The USA is one of the few countries that makes mass incarceration into a voter suppression scheme & a profit centre for GOP megadonors.
Felony disenfranchisement:
https://www.vera.org/news/how-mass-incarceration-shapes-our-elections
https://www.epi.org/publication/rooted-racism-voter-suppression/
Donor maintenence & public corruption:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/walterpavlo/2025/01/21/bureau-of-prisons-director-colette-peters-out-on-trumps-first-day/
https://www.commondreams.org/news/aoc-on-private-prisons
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2025/01/22/trump-private-prisons-executive-order
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/11/the-other-big-election-winners-private-prisons/
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