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Sounds like an unjust law and/or an unfair enforcement of the law, rather than an argument that incarcerated people shouldn’t be forced to work. Freed slaves a
by kthielen 4y ago
Sounds like an unjust law and/or an unfair enforcement of the law, rather than an argument that incarcerated people shouldn’t be forced to work.
Freed slaves also were unfairly scrutinized for eligibility to vote. Does that mean we should never work to guarantee the integrity of our voting systems?
- mushbino 4y agoThere are unfortunately many companies who lobby the government to keep prison population high because they depend on cheap/free prison labor. Over 4,100 companies profit off of prison labor in the US. That's a lot of incentive. https://corpaccountabilitylab.org/calblog/2020/8/5/private-companies-producing-with-us-prison-labor-in-2020-prison-labor-in-the-us-part-ii https://corpaccountabilitylab.org/calblog/2020/8/5/private-c...