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Old 10-08-2003, 09:29 AM
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Re: Re: Slavery in prisons

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Originally posted by Eclipse
I guess I knew that there was "involuntary servitude" in prison, but I don't know if I would classify it has slavery. My understanding is, you go to jail, they make you do work, they don't pay you.
Prison workers are in fact paid. They receive an hourly wage anywhere from ten or twelve cents up to about a dollar or two. It's not much, but it is a wage so I don't think that imprisonment constitutes slavery.
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