• Melllvar
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    -1216 hours ago

    Well, yes, just like me and my job, they can quit. What part of that suggests slavery?

    • CrimeDad
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      2216 hours ago

      They’re incarcerated while I presume you are not. Apart from all the involuntary aspects of prison life, inmates are not allowed to negotiate individually or organize for better pay and conditions. They cannot choose a different employer. The freedom to choose to go to the fire camp or stay within the prison under conditions designed to coerce them to work isn’t really freedom. They’re slaves.