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Mandy DW

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It probably means they can force them to work for $0.13 an hour for any one of the many states and companies that exploit prison labor.

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Dave Dissents's avatar Dave Dissents @dconrad.bsky.social
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It's literal in Louisiana.

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/...

“Louisiana law mandates that state inmates... are required by law to work while incarcerated. Each inmate who is capable of working, is assigned a job duty, which may include working for the prison, or for Prison Enterprises.”

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More like $.04/hr. For real.

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