•

Colorado banned forced prison labor 5 years ago. Prisoners say it's still happening

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/13/1210564359/slavery-prison-forced-labor-movement

news

!news

Welcome to the News community!

Rules:

::: spoiler 1. Be civil

Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.

:::

::: spoiler 2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.

Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. We have an actively updated blocklist, which you can see here: https://lemmy.world/post/2246130 if you feel like any website is missing, contact the mods. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.

:::

::: spoiler 3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.

Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.

:::

::: spoiler 4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.

Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.

:::

::: spoiler 5. Only recent news is allowed.

Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.

:::

::: spoiler 6. All posts must be news articles.

No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.

:::

::: spoiler 7. No duplicate posts.

If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.

:::

::: spoiler 8. Misinformation is prohibited.

Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.

:::

::: spoiler 9. No link shorteners.

The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.

:::

::: spoiler 10. Don't copy entire article in your post body

For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community. :::

Sign in to add comment

•

I hope IWOC-IWW can help organize around this bs. My first thought is sit down strikes. I feel like slave labor is particularly weak to that kind of action.

•

Counterpoint: solitary confinement sucks

•

they can't isolate every prisoner at the same time, and by engaging in a sit down strike, they can't fill those spots with people afraid to fight back.

•

True they can't throw everyone into solitary, but they can enact a lockdown which comes with its own particular cruelties and inequities

•

So they're just going to lockdown everyone forever?

Doesn't seem like a viable strategy to me.

•

its a prison. if they can't do slave labor for a profit there's no reason not to lock them down forever.

•

That reminds me of the words of Jews during the lead up to WWII. No one wanted to be the first to die, so they all died. It's easy to say to sit down and protest when you're free.

•

Counter counter point. I love being alone.

I'm not trying to cover the point you're actually making though.

•

Solitary is not 'being alone.' Solitary is being trapped in a tiny room for 23 hours a day with no stimulation, the lights never turn off, and you may not even be given a bed or a blanket. Solitary is torture. People need to know that.

•

I know what solitary is. People are torture.

•

Well then enjoy them yelling at you through the air ducts because they're desperate for human contact.

•

They can yell all they want after I'm dead.

humorlessrepost

•

Go back to Reddit

•

You won't after 48 hours with nothing to do and no one to talk to for 48 hours.

•

Try me.

•

Ok, go lock yourself in an empty closet for 48 hours with a bright light on the entire time and report back to us on how it goes!

StupidBrotherInLaw

•

...and report back to us on how it goes!

Or don't. Not reporting back is a valid response that I encourage here.

•

Hopefully America can figure out how to end slavery for good soon.

•

You are assuming that the US political establishment has ever really wanted to end slavery. It's a very shaky assumption.

•

Permanently Deleted

•

Sorry, best we can do is slavery with extra steps.

•

What would they do to you if you refuse to work for free?

•

Throw you in solitary, which is torture.

Feed you nothing but nutraloaf, which is torture.

I'm sure they can come up with other ways to torture you for not doing what they say.

•

What would they do to you if you refuse to work for free?

Hello... it's a prison?

•

Can you elaborate a little more?

•

It's a prison... they can make you do whatever the hell they want.

•

No, they really can't.

•

They shouldn't but they can.

•

Not literally, no.

At least not without repercussion.

•

Shit, AITA that thinks inmates should be cleaning up trash on the side of roads?

•

Inmates actively DREAM of those jobs lol

Only people who have never had even a time out think work sucks when you are locked up