Apple’s longtime supplier accused of using forced labor in China

Re:Apple’s longtime supplier accused of using forced labor i... by moron4hire on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @01:46PM (#25573257)

But it's the thing that would already be done to them if the work program was not available. We put criminals in prison because of the crimes they commit, not because of the jobs they refuse once they are there.

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Re:Apple’s longtime supplier accused of using forced labor i... by klyrs on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @02:56PM (#25574055)

Is it so hard to imagine that folks risking their lives to fight fires should be paid for that heroic service, be they incarcerated or not?

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Re:Apple’s longtime supplier accused of using forced labor i... by moron4hire on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @02:43AM (#25579506)

I did not intend to comment on the nature of the work, only on the idea that refusing some form of work resulted in some form of punishment specific to the refusal. The punishment is the base state (and US prison systems are definitely punishment-oreinted, not reform-oriented). It's just not good accounting to call "going back to your cell" a punishment for not agreeing to do a particular job.m

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