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Re:National prison strike launches over underpaid labor and ... by lovich on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @04:30PM (#17813481)
Why should prisoners not get minimum wage when everyone else does? How is forcing people to work for less than is levally allowed, in dangerous conditions as well, any different from slavery?
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Re:National prison strike launches over underpaid labor and ... by emodendroket on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @04:42PM (#17813597)
The Constitution explicitly permits slavery as a punishment for crime, to be fair.
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Re:National prison strike launches over underpaid labor and ... by komali2 on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @06:11PM (#17814285)
Right, it does, but I think this discussion is a moral one, not legal one. Constitution can be changed, like any law, it's just a hell of a lot harder.
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Re:National prison strike launches over underpaid labor and ... by c0nducktr on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @08:26PM (#17815110)
Something being the law doesn't make it justifiable.
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