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Re: Howto: make Black Lives matter

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"Dhu on Gate"  wrote in message news:nsngot$vvl$1@news.albasani.net...
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> To correct this problem is simple, indeed elegant, in concept but more
> complex in execution: All fines levied by, or under authority, of the
> State should be levied IN HOURS OF CONFINEMENT or CORVEE' (unpaid labor
> for the State), allowing an exchange for a monetary fine on the basis of
> the convicted individual's net worth.

In places like Texas, prison work is mandatory and unpaid.

According the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, prisoners start their
day with a 3:30 a.m. wake-up call and are served breakfast at 4:30 a.m. All
prisoners who are physically able are required to report to their work
assignments by 6 a.m.

“Offenders are not paid for their work, but they can earn privileges as a
result of good work habits,” the website says.
https://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/faq/faq_cid.html#work

Most prisoners work in prison support jobs, like cooking, cleaning, laundry,
and maintenance, but about 2,500 of them work in the Texas prison system’s
own “agribusiness department,” where they factory-farm 10,000 beef cattle,
20,000 pigs and a quarter million egg-laying hens. The prisoners also
produce 74 million pounds of livestock feed per year, 300,000 cases of
canned vegetables, and enough cotton to clothe themselves (and presumably
others). They also work at meat packaging plants, where they process 14
million pounds of beef and 10 million pounds of pork per year:
https://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/divisions/finance/finance_ag.html

While one of the department’s stated goals is to reduce operational costs by
having prisoners produce their own food, the prison system admittedly earns
revenue from “sales of surplus agricultural production.”:
https://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/divisions/finance/finance_ag_what_we_do.html

Prisoners who refuse to work – again, unpaid – are placed in solitary
confinement. When asked if Texas prisons still employ “chain gangs” in the
FAQ section, the department responds, “No, Texas does not use chain gangs.
However, offenders working outside the perimeter fence are supervised by
armed correctional officers on horseback.” 

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