United States | News & Politics

7520 readers

334 users here now

founded 4 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

189

California enslaves 400 prisoners to fight wildfires. (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

68 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] MothmanDelorian 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Prisoners have limited rights to refuse anything. They are not fairly compensated for theor work and in other states the prisons “loan” prisoners to companies to do work who pay the prisons for this work.

It’s slavery. The USA never banned slavery for prisoners. It’s literally in the 14th amendment.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Don't bother responding, they're sealioning.

[–] MothmanDelorian 14 points 1 month ago

Thank you, I will stop here.