The U.S. Prison System is Legalized Slavery.

“The United States imprisons a higher portion of its population than any country in the world. In 2017 we had 2.2 million people in prisons and jails, a 500 percent increase over the last forty years. We now have almost 5 percent of the world’s population and nearly a quarter of its prisoners.”

― Shane Bauer, American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment