nothingcorporate@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 year agoHappy Freedom Day...I guess.message-squaremessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down14
arrow-up161arrow-down1message-squareHappy Freedom Day...I guess.nothingcorporate@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square60fedilink
minus-squaregeissi@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoReminder that the US have never abolished slavery for prisoners and have one of the largest slave population in the world.
minus-squareZithero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 year agoYep… And every time there’s an employment issue for the agricultural industry, they whip out the prisoners… However to the prisoner’s credit: They do an absolutely terrible job at whatever it is they’re doing. Why? What are they going to do… Fire you? Jail you? You have no incentive at all to do the job well as a prisoner. Bonus is by doing a horrific job it makes employers less likely to actually request prison workforces.
Reminder that the US have never abolished slavery for prisoners and have one of the largest slave population in the world.
Yep… And every time there’s an employment issue for the agricultural industry, they whip out the prisoners…
However to the prisoner’s credit: They do an absolutely terrible job at whatever it is they’re doing.
Why? What are they going to do… Fire you? Jail you? You have no incentive at all to do the job well as a prisoner.
Bonus is by doing a horrific job it makes employers less likely to actually request prison workforces.