• rtxn@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    I’m absolutely in favor of providing inmates with conditional employment and education opportunities. I’ve heard of several programs where inmates are allowed to continue their previous jobs under heavy supervision (mainly in court cam videos where living brain donors of the sovereign citizen persuasion voluntarily lose said privilege). The problems start when said labour becomes compulsory.

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      7 days ago

      So long as they are paid the same wage as non-prisoners. Anything else is slavery.

      Yes, being incarcerated and working while being paid $0.50 an hour is STILL slavery.