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Did you know they're removing all librarians from federal prisons in Canada

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Correctional service cutting librarians at federal prisons, in move criticized by advocates | CBC News

The Correctional Service of Canada is finalizing plans to cut all prison librarian positions at federal institutions, in a move that advocat

There is an open letter that you can sign here if you're a resident of Canada:

Open Letter - CSC Elimination of Librarians & CEGEP Education

Book Clubs for Inmates 400-192 Spadina Avenue Toronto, Ontario M5T 2C2 OPEN LETTER The Honourable Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Public Sa

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I suggest abolishing prisons

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THIS RIGHT HERE

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You guys are dangerously close to realizing specifically what kinds of people they keep from voting and why.

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I want to drill this into everybody’s head:

The United States of America has the highest prison population in the world

Black Americans and Latin people make up the majority of this population (many of whom are non-violent offenders)

Federal Prisons in America require that their state keeps their prisons at a maximum occupancy at all times.

The 13th amendment did not entirely abolish slavery…just one form of it. It remains legal through industrial prison system

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Oh and we have privatized prisons which allow companies to actually make money off of keeping people incarcerated 

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Here’s what’s really perverse: prisoners, who cannot vote, still get counted in the U.S. Census. The more prisoners a county has, the more representation it gets, even though the prisoners cannot vote. See how that works? The more black and brown people they lock up, the more government resources and political representation they get. Even though those prisoners have no say and cannot vote.

If county-A has a population of 50 voters but no prisons, and county-B has a population of 50 voters and 50 prisoners, the county with the prisoners gets more government funding and more political represention. This is sometimes called “prison gerrymandering” and it is used in redistrictring.

Not so fun Fact: Southern states that reliably vote for Republicans also have the highest prison population in the United States. (source). So mass incarceration is a double whammy. It’s both a form of voter suppression and a tool to strengthen white people’s political power.

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