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Old 08-03-2014, 09:53 PM   #4
xoxoxoBruce
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Originally Posted by BigV View Post
If it's really the case that inmates volunteer for the duty, then I don't think it's coerced, not the firefighting labor, flood barrier labor, etc.

Our judicial system certainly has the bad attributes you list. But if prison labor is volunteered for, it's not coerced.
I feel the ones that are jailed on bullshit charges, then given a no-brainer option to not be where they shouldn't be in the first place, are coerced.
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