PhDeac
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I’ll start with the obvious points that low paid prison labor is exploitation at best and slavery in general. The quote from the city is a cruel joke. The headline is horrible and makes it seem like prisoners have some agency in this.
Are the people of New Orleans happy about prisoners driving around their neighborhoods picking up their trash? What are the logistics here?
And let’s take this back about 200 years. Imagine poor white people who already work in horrible conditions before any semblance of workers’ rights. Then a slaveowner takes over a project and they’re replaced by slaves and lose that shitty job. But they’re fine with it and go on to fight a war to keep that system in place. We’re basically in that position with prison labor.