• Diva (she/her)@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    If it happens in US it’s actually a privilege, not forced labor.

    Characterizing prison work as forced labor is wrongheaded, he said, because most inmates who qualify for paid work earn that classification based on positive credits for behavior. “In other words, it’s a privilege,” he said, better than some of the other alternatives behind bars.

    -Shawn Bushway, RAND Corporation

      • Diva (she/her)@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        The US actually has a higher prison population than China, both per capita and total despite having a fraction of Chinas population. I’m not in favor of forced labor or the carceral state in general.

        When it’s happening in the country I live in, it’s going to be a slightly higher priority for me.