(2022-09-28). Amazon hires a former prison manager. workers.org 
Amazon, with its notorious multibillionaire owner Jeff Bezos, is universally known as one of the world's largest union-busting conglomerates. It is well documented that workers there have passed out due to heat and suffered physical injuries, mental anguish and other horrific working conditions that accompany the frenzied pace of packing, . . . |
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(2022-09-27). Former Private Prison Manager To Run Massive Amazon Warehouse Operation. moguldom.com Amazon is once again under fire by the public for its internal operations. The e-commerce giant has promoted Dayna Howard from leading its loss prevention division to director of learning and development for consumers. The outcry over the move involves Howard's history as a manager at a company that owns and manages private prisons before joining …
(2022-09-27). What Would We Do Without Police, Prisons, Surveillance, Borders, Wars, Nukes, and Capitalism? Watch and See! davidswanson.org
(2022-09-27). Alabama calls off execution after failing to access veins for lethal injection. wsws.org Prison authorities called off the execution of Alan Eugene Miller after it became clear that they would not be able to carry out the state killing before the death warrant expired at midnight.
(2022-09-27). U.S. Government, DOJ Undercounted Almost 1,000 Deaths in Prison Last Year. moguldom.com A bipartisan Senate investigation has revealed the U.S. Department of Justice undercounted almost 1,000 deaths of people in prison or jail. The information was revealed by a 25-page report titled "Uncounted Deaths in America's Prisons & Jails: How the Department of Justice Failed to Implement the Death in Custody Reporting Act" released on Sept. 20. The 10-month-long …
(2022-09-27). Rural County Jails Are Now The Main Driver Of Mass Incarceration. popularresistance.org All across the United States, city and state governments have increasingly turned to fines and fees to make up for budget shortfalls. This has required a corresponding explosion in police department budgets, creating a perverse cycle where local governments must consistently expand policing in order to continue to pay for policing. Rural America has not escaped this trend, and a new Vera Institute report has found that small and rural counties are now the main drivers of growth in the prison industrial complex. According Vera's research, the boom in county jails appears to be driven by an increased amount of peop…
(2022-09-27). The App ICE Forces You To Download. popularresistance.org When you are in a process like this one, all of your body shivers, every bit of yourself shakes, because you do not want to make mistakes to be again at risk of being detained or deported," says Carlos, whose name has been shortened to avoid affecting his immigration case. "It wears you out." | Carlos settled in Fontana, Calif., coming from Chimalhuacán, on the outskirts of Mexico City, in 2002. But after a misdemeanor in 2019, Carlos was subject to deportation proceedings. He was imprisoned for three months, electronically shackled for more than a year, and, in January 2021, ordered to install an app on his phon…
(2022-09-27). Brazil's Racial Discrimination Dates Back Centuries. america.cgtn.com One of the concerns addressed here at UNGA 77 is that discrimination and racism could lead to violence.
(2022-09-27). Lawsuits on mRNA technology show profit-driven struggle for control over vital scientific discoveries. wsws.org Recent lawsuits on mRNA technology are attempts by various corporations to take control of these vital discoveries for their own enrichment. Recent advances in molecular technology that allows for gene editing and protein manufacturing portend a revolution in medicine that can offer personalized treatments for a broad array of diseases.
(2022-09-26). Federal Judge: Media Mogul's Byron Allen's Racial Discrimination Lawsuit Against McDonald's Can Proceed. moguldom.com A federal judge has given the go-ahead for media mogul Byron Allen's massive lawsuit against McDonald's. Allen is suing McDonald's for $10 billion, alleging the company "has refused to advertise" on his networks—or Black media, in general. The case heads to trial in May 2023. The comedian turned media mogul owns Allen is the founder …