And it means that the food is absolutely terrible because there's a financial incentive there to serve terrible food. The folks who you, by the way, aren't paying any money while they're laboring in our care for these private corporations then have to go to the commissary and make even more money. It's not just that we try to change those little things. We change the vendor. We make it not a monopoly. You point out the fact that capitalism is behind all this. (15:07–15:16)
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Asserts that incarcerated individuals are not paid for their labor and must spend money at the commissary, benefiting private corporations.
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