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Re:Working on databases from prison by pyuser583 on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @08:20AM (#44298240)
Do you think prisoners are literally picking cotton?
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Re:Working on databases from prison by const_cast on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @02:51PM (#44302520)
I don’t think, they literally are. Feel free to look it up. Our prison labor systems in the south are direct descendants of Jim Crow era America.
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Re:Working on databases from prison by tristan957 on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @04:44PM (#44303737)
In some states like Louisiana, picking cotton is still something some prisoners do.
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