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Re:Court handcuffs employees with non-compete agreements – a... by waciki on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @05:35AM (#41443665)
> No US prisoner is forced to work in any meaningful sense of the word "forced".

"Refusal to work can be met with solitary confinement and physical beatings"

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Re:Court handcuffs employees with non-compete agreements – a... by flanked-evergl on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @06:38AM (#41444032)
Corporal punishment in prisons is not legal in the US[1][2][3].

Prolonged solitary confinement is being used for people who do not refuse to work as well, even for people who have not been convicted[1]. You may think it's inhumane, but it not slavery.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_v._Pelzer

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_v._McMillian

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estelle_v._Gamble

[4] https://eu.recordonline.com/story/news/local/2021/07/19/capi...

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