The modern prison-industrial complex is fueled by profit-making enterprises like private prison management, prison services (JPay), and of course, “correctional industries” — the feel-good word for prison labor. While the United Nations condones…

This past week, Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memo to federal prosecutors reviving the tough-on-crime rhetoric of recent decades — rhetoric which had begun to be put to rest under the Obama administration and the leadership of Former AG Eric…