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A comment on San Francisco’s Shoplifting Surge. Parent comment

Re:San Francisco’s Shoplifting Surge by solarengineer on Saturday May 22, 2021 @03:58AM (#27244503)
Nope, they weren’t “locked in”. They were in fact moved out by the government into a large number of alternate accommodations ( hotels, schools, apartments, under construction sites, barges) to space people apart. Everyone was tested for free, hospitalised and treated for free. Neither workers nor employers were charged any fee. The workers have free wifi at their dorms now and a mobile app via which their report issues directly to the Ministry of Manpower. I’m commenting only on “locked in” and not about their salaries, or other matters.

(Edit: replaced “work“ with “wifi”)

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Re:San Francisco’s Shoplifting Surge by logicchains on Saturday May 22, 2021 @11:49AM (#27247635)
Most of them weren't allowed to roam freely in the community until around December/January, that's what I meant by locked in.
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Re:San Francisco’s Shoplifting Surge by solarengineer on Saturday May 22, 2021 @09:08PM (#27251637)
Roaming around has been highly discouraged in any case. Social distracting, limited table booking at restaurants, limited admissions to public places, group sizes at five, limits of how many can attend the office in person - all these were restrictions in place until a few months ago. The restrictions were replaced slightly a few weeks ago. With a recent upsurge, restrictions have been reintroduced.

There aren’t that many places for dorm workers to roam. The most popular place is Little India, where they can procure goods that they are familiar with. I do see dorm workers regularly buying provisions at the same neighbourhood stores that I go to.

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