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Re:National prison strike launches over underpaid labor and ... by conanbatt on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @04:57PM (#17813745)
> It’s worth noting that this is a voulenteer program and that for every day you work you get 1 day off your sentence. So you can effectively halve your time in prison.

The perverse incentive of increasing prison times to generate more cheap labor.

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Re:National prison strike launches over underpaid labor and ... by ada1981 on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @05:45PM (#17814123)
This is certainly a huge issue. The meta-system is completely fucked, no question.

But this subsystem is being presented in a skewed way. Yes it’s $1/hour; but you also earn a day of freedom for each day you work.

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Re:National prison strike launches over underpaid labor and ... by phry on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @07:45PM (#17814904)
'Arbeit macht frei' eh
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Re:National prison strike launches over underpaid labor and ... by jacobush on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @03:46AM (#17817063)
Only 9999 days to go.
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