Re:How corporations buy and food made with prison labor
by banannaise on Thursday May 20, 2021 @09:42AM
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> Are prisoners forced to work against their will for no compensation?
The threat is that if you don't work, you receive more punishment, whether formal or informal: solitary confinement, abuse by guards, ineligibility for parole, etc. So yes, they are forced to work under duress. It's basically extortion.
The threat is that if you don't work, you receive more punishment, whether formal or informal: solitary confinement, abuse by guards, ineligibility for parole, etc. So yes, they are forced to work under duress. It's basically extortion.