10 states fund prisons using stolen Indigenous lands

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10 states fund prisons using stolen Indigenous lands

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Politics@beehaw.org · 3 months ago

State trust lands generate millions of dollars for carceral facilities and programs every year, largely from extractive industries like oil and gas drilling.

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also 40 other states as well through indirect processes

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