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Yes they do, I’m not aware of any prisons in the US where you have to do the work it’s just it looks good to a parole board.
by edgyquant 3y ago
Yes they do, I’m not aware of any prisons in the US where you have to do the work it’s just it looks good to a parole board.
- red-iron-pine 3y agoand if you don't you just get to sit in a box and stare at the wall all day.
- nickthegreek 3y agoYou not being aware of it doesn't mean it doesnt exist. > Five states – Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi and Texas – force prisoners to work without pay. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/27/slavery-loophole-unpaid-labor-in-prisons https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/27/slavery-loop...
- egberts1 3y agoGotta love those ignorant commentators. Absence of evidence never equates with a fact that none exist. Hence science is never final, just the facts.
- mchannon 3y agoIn the federal system, inmates are offered “GCT”, Good Conduct Time, where they get released from 15% of the sticker price time of their bid. It’s subject to revocation. That makes for a powerful carrot. Refusal to work is one of the prohibited acts an inmate can do (called a “shot”) to get it taken away.