Chapter Forty-Six: The Prison of Citigroup

Yang Pingfan and Su Yu were rescued by a group of strange people, although they didn't know their identities, but judging from their abilities and appearance, they were undoubtedly transformed people.

The car went all the way south, and the glamorous female driver took the initiative to introduce Yang Pingfan, it turned out that they were all the products of Monsan's genetically modified experiments, not voluntary, but were brought from prison, and Monsanto used them as guinea pigs to conduct live experiments, make modified people, and then use nano bombs to control them and let them do dirty work for Monsan.

Yang Pingfan thought of the three orcs killed by him in the rainforest of Samba Country, and suddenly understood a little, but he was a little puzzled, "No, doesn't it say on the domestic Internet that Citi Country is the most respectful country? Prisoners can learn foreign languages and play ps4 in prison, and they can even applaud love with their lover Yuanfang, how can they do such a thing?"

As soon as these words came out, Su Yu suddenly cast a look of contempt, and the other people in the car looked at him very unkindly, "How many times have you been to Citigroup?"

"This is the first time, tsk, it is not good to be a teacher. ”

"Hmph, don't you know that Citigroup has a nickname called Prison Country, Citigroup accounts for 5% of the world's population, but has 25% of the world's prisoners, do you know what that means? A research report on Citigroup's prison industry released by the Center for Economic and Policy Research pointed out that more than 5 million Citibank people are imprisoned in prisons, equivalent to one in every 30 working-age adults, and these figures do not include tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants awaiting deportation, suspects in custody, and juvenile delinquents. ”

"Blacks, who make up 13 percent of the population, make up 40 percent of the incarcerated prisoners. Black men are 6.5 times more incarcerated than white men, while black women are 3 times more likely to be incarcerated. "The number of African-American men in prison, probation, or parole is even greater than the number of forced slaves before the Civil War began in 1850," adds the electronic eye urn angrily.

"Hiss", Yang Pingfan gasped, "With so many people, the cost of imprisonment alone is a huge amount of money every year." ”

"Do you think that the prisoners in Citigroup's prison are really like the domestic Internet boasting, eating and drinking for nothing and being uncles? If you think too much, not only is there no appropriation, but various interest groups can even extract profits from the prisoners. In Citigroup, forced labor was based on the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, the Emancipation Act, which was enacted after the end of the Civil War. The amendment reads: "Hard or forced labour shall not exist within the United States or in any place under the jurisdiction of the United States, except as punishment for the punishment of offenders sentenced by law." In other words, although slavery or forced labor is abolished, it does not apply to criminals sentenced to imprisonment. ”

This means that prisoners are legally treated like pre-Citi slaves in the Civil War, and prisoners are required to do all kinds of labor and work, and of course, there must be some disguise on the surface, which is called a system of renting prisoners, which simply means that private businesses or farmers can pay the prison authorities to make prisoners work for themselves under a high degree of control, but they may not get paid at all, or only five cents an hour, which is a very tragic situation.

After the 70s of the last century, because of the ideology triggered by the Vietnam War, the cruel appearance of rental prisoners was constantly criticized and attacked, and the states gradually abolished the relevant regulations. At the same time, however, prison restrictions on inmates manufacturing and selling goods were gradually relaxed, and by 1979 prison contractors were legalized for labor or production, and running a prison was increasingly seen as a lucrative business.

In order to make a profit, private prisons are not just for prisoners to do handicrafts, prisoners produce a variety of products and provide a variety of services, including animal husbandry, food processing, furniture, clothing, packaging, electronics, military supplies, and even Victoria's Secret women's clothing.

Prisoners' work is not protected by any labor laws because it is not considered labor. There are no social welfare, no insurance, no compensation in case of accidents, and of course, there will be no overtime pay, all of which can be saved into the pockets of the capitalists, which is a huge amount of money.

Since prisoners are a tool for making money, the more inmates there are, the more profitable the industry becomes, and the rate of misbehaviour in private prisons is eight times higher than in public prisons, making it more difficult for inmates to get commutations.

Citigroup's prison industry has formed a system that constantly creates prisoners, and what is even more terrifying is that it is not only exploitation, but also many people who are imprisoned, such as illegal immigrants, people of color, etc., who are alone, have no legal status, and are sentenced to misdemeanors, and can also be used to do more terrible and more breakthrough things that break through the bottom line of human morality, such as——"

Yang Pingfan glanced at a few strange-looking transformers in the carriage and immediately understood.

The female driver did not elaborate on the process of being caught by Monsanto as a test subject, but said that they met a genius hacker by chance, and the genius hacker single-handedly hacked the security system of Monsan's laboratory, allowing them to escape, and helped them defuse the nanobomb to restore their freedom.

"It's because the hackers told us that there was a person who had the same experience as us who was hunted down by Monsan, and asked us to come and save you, so we came. When the female driver said this, her face was full of gentleness.

Through the introduction of the female driver, Yang Pingfan knew that the female driver was called Harley Girl, the bald black man was called Electric Eye, the crocodile-like one was called a murderous crocodile, and the one wearing a ghost warrior mask was called a katana, all of which were nicknames, and they couldn't go back to their past lives, and their original names didn't matter.

It was Yang Pingfan's turn to introduce himself, Yang Pingfan was a little embarrassed, Su Yu could use her English name Melissa Su, her name was a bit ordinary, and it didn't seem to match the other party's domineering nickname, he thought of the id that played CS back then, "Tonny, Headshot Tonny"

Headshot Tony's domineering nickname really won everyone's admiration, and the car continued south along the intercontinental highway, Yang Pingfan asked if this would not be tracked by satellites?

Yang Su and the others breathed a sigh of relief, they lost their mobile phones during the escape, and they couldn't contact China, they were calm on the surface, but they were anxious in their hearts.

The Chevrolet van drove for about ten hours into the Texas desert and into a town that looked deserted. Stopping in the backyard of a tavern that looked very old, everyone got out of the car in turn, and as soon as Yang Pingfan jumped down, he heard a burst of applause, and the sound was sparse, like a barefoot girl running across the concrete floor.