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The Prison Industrial Complex operated in the United States of America has been described by many as an improvised or modernized slave labor system. Other quarters actually describe the prison industrial complex as a modern slavery technique as not only are prisoners subjected to dehumanizing conditions, they are also made to do jobs that are out of this world. It has been a gradual process from the days of the infamous plantations to the era of penitentiary and most recent prison reform that gave birth to the prison industrial complex. Even with the population of the United States being just 5% of the world population, the country apparently has 25% of the world’s prisoners and this underlines the shout against mass imprisonment of people especially with the trend tilting towards the black population. It is no wonder the hashtag #EndMassIncarceration seems to be on the rise on the different social media networks. People online have been using the social sites like Nterestin.com