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The Industry that falsely imprisons American teenagers at the request of parents. (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 6 months ago by QuantumSpecter to c/creepywikipedia
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[–] db2 13 points 6 months ago

Numerous troubled teen programs have been reported to engage in the practice of compelled labor, wherein program participants are required to perform physically demanding tasks such as wood chopping and horse manure shoveling.

Still waiting to get paid for my labor decades later. They should really call it what it is.