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Re:National prison strike launches over underpaid labor and ... by pmoriarty on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @09:00PM (#17815321)
"It’s worth noting that this is a voulenteer program and that for every day you work you get 1 day off your sentence"

That's one way to look at it. Another way to look at it is for every day you don't work you have to spend a day in jail.

That sound more like coercion than volunteering to me.

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Re:National prison strike launches over underpaid labor and ... by atlantic on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @12:48PM (#17820023)
> Another way to look at it is for every day you don't work you have to spend a day in jail.

No. This is false.

When you land in prison, the duration of your sentence is fixed. You can't increase it, except by committing additional crimes while behind bars. But you can mitigate it by working as a volunteer.

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Re:National prison strike launches over underpaid labor and ... by ada1981 on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @06:37AM (#17817697)
Maybe.

But you’ve already got your sentence from a judge after being convinced of a crime.

What would you prefer?

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