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Re:Food fraud and counterfeit cotton: detectives untangling ... by linuxftw on Friday September 24, 2021 @01:29PM (#28645438)
> The difference is U.S. prisoners are members of specific minority groups

FTFY.

> Many volunteer for these jobs

True, because the alternative is being locked in your cell 23 hours per day.

In any case, using slave labor for profit is morally abhorrent. It creates very negative societal incentives, and it allows keeping the overall labor rate lower. I'd happily fight fires in CA or elsewhere, if the price is right.

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Re:Food fraud and counterfeit cotton: detectives untangling ... by tbihl on Friday September 24, 2021 @02:01PM (#28645797)
>True, because the alternative is being locked in your cell 23 hours per day.

Source? A family member was charged with a felony for drugs and went to prison, and he was certainly not locked in his cell 23 hours daily.

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Re:Food fraud and counterfeit cotton: detectives untangling ... by linuxftw on Friday September 24, 2021 @02:07PM (#28645850)
Not all prisons are the same. The labor camps operate like this, your family member was either not in one of these prisons, or he took the job.
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