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      Slavery is explicitly allowed, so long as you are incarcerated, as per the constitution.

      Really oughta be amended…

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      This is providing free bags and sand for people to protect their homes. Since there’s no profit involved, I’d expect the inmates volunteered rather then being forced. There’s minimal upside to forcing them if nobody makes a profit.

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        Since there’s no profit involved, I’d expect the inmates volunteered rather then being forced.

        Hahahahahaha!

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      They provided bags and sand but residents had to bring shovels and fill their own bags. You can see in the picture and read in the article, the inmates are helping residents who need it. Many inmates have jobs. Spending a day outside, interacting with people, and helping the community in a difficult time seems like a pretty good one.

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        Spending a day outside, interacting with people, and helping the community in a difficult time seems like a pretty good one.

        Until the people decide to leave you behind when they evacuate

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        They provided bags and sand but residents had to bring shovels and fill their own bags.

        I guess you read the first paragraph and skipped the rest?

        In a Facebook post, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said inmates are “assisting residents that are not capable of filling their own sandbags.”

        There is zero chance all of the inmates volunteered to do this. They were coerced or forced to participate.

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          I’m not sure what you mean. The article clearly says that residents brought shovels and inmates helped those who needed it. When i worked with inmates they all wanted the golf course jobs because they got to be outside interacting with people.

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        You’d provably enjoy a movie called “Slaves on holiday” where it’s just about slaves being allowed to look at the sun for a day.

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      Gives you an idea of how much they try to not spend any money at all on inmate care, those clothes are probably over fifty years old

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    Are these the same ones they refused to evacuate from the potential path of the flood surge?

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    Republicans as usual being only pro-birth…

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      I feel like the ultimate goal really should be getting people to a place where they’re not going to commit further crimes and harm their communities again, and I don’t think just trying to punish people into that is effective. More often than not punished people just sink further into their own misery and keep pushing out and hurting others.

      That all being said, I do think the experience of helping a community like this could be a positive one that could actually improve people’s behavior in a lasting way. Minus the coercion and the life threatening conditions, I support volunteering opportunities for prison inmates.

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      How about: provide them the resources and opportunities they need to reenter the community as contributing individuals? They are human beings, after all. Many of whom likely didn’t get a fair shake in our unequal and exploitative criminal justice system. You could end up in their position through no fault of your own, so a little bit of empathy would go a long way.

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        What makes you think I haven’t been in their position? Most of the guys in there, deserve to be there. The ones on labor detail aren’t just being worked, they’re earning good time, and learning to earn trust.

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          You’re right, I shouldn’t have made that assumption. But I take issue with your assertion that most people in prison deserve to be there. I think it’s completely the opposite, most people who end up in prison should have been given another chance in society or should be in proper rehabilitation programs, where they are cared for as human beings who made a mistake. I’m not talking about violent murderers (who tend to have some of the lowest recidivism rates btw, because they regret their actions more often than not). I’m sure there are some prisoners who benefit from work-release programs like this, but on their face they are mostly exploitative slave labor.

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      Ah, another quality take from .world