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It's not about economy or labor, it's about taking away people's rights. They're not looking to gain anything, they're looking to take something away from someone else.
For conservatives, they can't win unless someone else loses. So if they see immigrants and trans people getting rights, they see it as they (conservatives) are losing rights.
Absolutely maddening to see the logic in their heads.
It's both.
It's a for-profit prison system. They are absolutely looking to gain something--money that they don't have to earn.
It's a pittance ($74 billion) compared to the incomes of the families and corporations they protect. Yes they make money but they are not there to make money. They are there to take rights away from people and make sure they don't revolt.
I agree. The labor part, however, is totally about exploitation and profit. I'm sure they also get some joy in further eroding the rights and therefore humanity of the inmates while they are at it.