Black Codes = Systematic (systemic) Racism.

Convict Leasing-In Alabama Never Went Out Of Style

In the great state of Alabama there is a legal system called convict leasing. Well they don’t call it that. But we all know what it is. Convict leasing was an essential part of the Black Codes of the old dity south. Make blacks work for less then nothing until they die.

Is that happening in 21st century America. (Yes). Since 2018, about 575 companies and more than 100 public agencies in Alabama have used incarcerated people as landscapers, janitors, drivers, metal fabricators and fast-food workers, the lawsuit states, reaping an annual benefit of $450 million.

Then Alabama got sued and it all came to light.

In their complaint, plaintiffs alleged that Alabama generates an annual $450 million from forced labor. The inmates work against their will and the ADOC takes 40% of gross earnings “purportedly ‘to assist in defraying the cost of his/her incarceration,'” asserted the complaint. Plaintiffs noted that the amount is “shocking” given that ADOC’s facilities were recently found by the Depa…