return2ozma@lemmy.world to Lefty Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 month agoThe US is collapsinglemmy.worldimagemessage-square187fedilinkarrow-up1869arrow-down138cross-posted to: thisisnotmylife@lemm.ee
arrow-up1831arrow-down1imageThe US is collapsinglemmy.worldreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Lefty Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square187fedilinkcross-posted to: thisisnotmylife@lemm.ee
minus-squareTexMexBazooka@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down4·1 month agoMan…. The disconnect here Prisons are almost entirely run by prisoners. There are no “labor laws”
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·1 month ago Prisons are almost entirely run by prisoners. There are no “labor laws” That’s what they’re saying. If prisoners are to do manual labor, labor laws should apply, but that would require the USA to abolish slavery.
minus-squareJumpingspiderman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoNonsense. Of course abolishing prison slavery would be a good thing. But the alternative, should such involuntary servitude remain, would be to impose humane regulations on such labor.
Man…. The disconnect here
Prisons are almost entirely run by prisoners. There are no “labor laws”
That’s what they’re saying.
If prisoners are to do manual labor, labor laws should apply, but that would require the USA to abolish slavery.
Nonsense. Of course abolishing prison slavery would be a good thing. But the alternative, should such involuntary servitude remain, would be to impose humane regulations on such labor.