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Working on California's incarcerated fire crews: "It is kind of like you’re a slave" (www.motherjones.com)

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Some 1,100 prison recruits are battling LA's infernos, risking life and health for less than $2 an hour—yet still the jobs are coveted.

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[–] SoftTeeth@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Indentured servitude was voluntary. Im sure if you were alive before we considered that slavery you'd be an apologist for that form of slavery as well.

They can sit in a cell or they can be rented as property and get to go outside.

That's not exactly a choice, you can do nothing or something, and you should be grateful for the something even if it's slavery.

What a horrible worldview.