The negative impacts of the ancient caste system still affect entire communities in today's global south. Distinctions limit access to education, employment, and other opportunities, thereby leading to social exclusion, marginalization, and violence

Despite celebrations that California was ‘banning private prisons’ in 2019 as headlines claimed, its for-profit prison industry is still currently alive and well in 2020, even expanding, putting detainees at higher risks of harm than ever before