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Re:National prison strike launches over underpaid labor and ... by rayiner on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @04:27PM (#17813454)
Historically, "chores" included carrying a share of one's upkeep by doing work on a farm, cooking, etc. In many places, it still does.
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Re:National prison strike launches over underpaid labor and ... by lovich on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @04:33PM (#17813515)
If a child didn't perform their chores, they didn't get years added onto their childhood sentence.

Any argument about upkeep doesn't hold water as well, because these prisons aren't using the money for upkeep, they are making a profit

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Re:National prison strike launches over underpaid labor and ... by rosser on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @04:30PM (#17813476)
And outside those limited contexts, it runs into child labor laws.

You can't premise an argument regarding the current general case for prisoners on what's now either a historical, or an edge case for children.

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