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once you realize that prison mainly just serves to disenfranchise the poor and minorities, the fact executives don't go to prison is obvious.

people will disagree, but you need only look at the facts to see.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felony_disenfranchisement

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Exactly. Highest per capita incarceration rate in the world, save Seychelles. Slavery 2.0 meets prison-industrial complex and voter disenfranchisement. The US justice system is the opposite of reform-based systems like those in many Scandinavian countries. It's mean, expensive and reinforces a type of social apartheid.

The Census counts prisoners according to the "usual residence rule," assigning them to their prison for purpose of location and, of course, redistricting. A prison is a good way to get a lot of bodies to populate a district and ensure they won't vote.

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