Prisons were not used as government-issued punishment until 1865. When the 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution reformed slavery to only being legal as punishment for a crime; the $3.5 billion dollar U.S. slave industry changed into the now $10.5 billion dollar prison industry (conservative estimates).

For the first 199,000 years of human history, and presently today, indigenous societies maintained safety mostly by building strong relationships, and taking collective care of one another - like many of us do in our families.

What must we do to get back to that as a society, stop the raging punishment industry, and Free the Homies?

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Tees designed and screen-printed by formerly incarcerated people and our loved ones; for the homies, and for everyone.