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Profit Drove Post‑Slavery Criminalization
- Convict leasing after the Civil War tied criminalization to capitalist profit and cheap labor.
- That system incentivized arrest and punishment rather than rehabilitation, especially for Black people.
Mount Meggs: A School That Functioned Like Slavery
- Mount Meggs began as a school for Black children but became a source of forced labor and abuse.
- White board members praised 'rehabilitation' while kids picked cotton and suffered for their benefit.
Due Process Was Denied To Children
- Juvenile systems historically denied kids and parents basic due process and information.
- Parents often couldn't find where their child was or how long they'd be confined, which amounted to torture.