Chinese government starts advertising slaves

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[–]ReeferMadness 9 insightful - 3 fun9 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

Prison jobs are not mandatory. Forced labor is illegal in the US.

They are not in jail to force them to work, they are in there because they are criminals. I'm sorry that the murderers aren't allowed access to your workplace.

If you don't like that the only jobs available to them pay so little the you can offer them a higher paying job.

[–]jet199[S] 7 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Is also perfectly reasonable to pay people less if you are giving them board and lodging. That happens outside prison.

[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

You are technically correct, but when the option is to stay locked in a cell all day or do some labor, most will choose the labor. It's a coerced situation.

In fact the 16th amendment specifically outlaws slavery except in case of imprisonment

[–]ReeferMadness 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

It's not coercion if the alternative has nothing to do with the job. I mean you can literally say the same thing about every offer ever made. Wouldn't you rather keep your money and get the things you buy? Is the fact that you wont have the things you buy if you don't hand over the money mean that every sale is coerced?

At that point the word coercion no longer has a meaning.