Just jumping in to say that we still use prisoners as slave labor here in Texas.

They work in fields, are not paid, and face punishment if they don't go to work.

This photo is from *earlier this year* and this man is not getting paid. https://twitter.com/Mike_Hixenbaugh/status/1325826586759802881
The top of this story - about racist prison names - has a little more detail: https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/07/29/will-the-reckoning-over-racist-names-include-these-prisons
Will The Reckoning Over Racist Names Include These Prisons?

Many prisons, especially in the South, are named after racist officials and former plantations.

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/07/29/will-the-reckoning-over-racist-names-include-these-prisons
I will never forget when I started covering Texas prisons & discovered we use unpaid prison labor to harvest cotton. I was genuinely shocked and one prison official was like well what should we stop just bc it's bad optics? We save a lot of money by not buying cotton! 🤯
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