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Re:How corporations buy and food made with prison labor by sampo on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @06:34AM (#27206750)
> It's utterly wild how there are people in the comments saying "maybe slave labor is actually good for the slaves."

There are many countries that treat their prisoners as prisoners, not as slaves. Maybe prison work can be good in those countries? Just not in yours.

There are many articles on how Norway is one of the best countries in rehabilitating prisoners, and in Norwegian prisons prisoners do work. I'd guess that prisoners work in all the countries that are among the world top in rehabilitation.

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Re:How corporations buy and food made with prison labor by omginternets on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @11:25AM (#27210012)
Agreed. As usual, the debate in the US conflates several distinct issues, using a strangely deformed "fruit of the poisoned tree" logic.

Here, the logic goes something like, "US prisons mistreat prisoners, therefore prison labor constitutes mistreatment". Mistreatment of prisoners through labor is an accidental property, not an essential one (as evidenced by countries like Norway).

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