• catharso@discuss.tchncs.de
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    4 months ago

    what even do these prison-labor-slaves produce that’s so precious? are there specific products you guys could boycott?

    sorry for the dumb question.

    i’m a faraway european and don’t know much.

    • aramis87@fedia.io
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      4 months ago

      It really depends on where the prison is. Some states “rent out” slaves prison labor to farms, local businesses, and global megacorps. The prisoners get paid pennies per day, get the absolute worst and most dangerous jobs, and have notably less protections than ‘normal’ workers.