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"Growers desperate for workers are turning to 'convict leasing' to replace the diminished number of migrant workers" ... hey look, slave labor is back -- nm

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Jun 19 '19, 16:42

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A few places have tried and found that even convicts don't want to do it. -- nm - . Jun 19, 19:49
Saw an item about this on The Wine Show a couple of years ago, migrant workers get paid more farming weed so go where the money is. -- nm - LMS Jun 19, 17:08 1
- Well, these days they get awarded free camping trips, but yeah. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 19, 17:09
No, no. They get paid. ;) -- nm - VMan Jun 19, 16:47 12
- Not a lot. -- nm - . Jun 19, 19:50
- Heh. Except many wouldn't even be in that position if US law enforcement wasn't set up to be a meat machine for the prison companies. -- (edited) - Beryllium Jun 19, 16:59 10
  - Get you, but "slavery" is most definitely a loaded term. They are far from it. Still very much not a nice development. -- nm - VMan Jun 19, 17:03 9
    - Different name, equivalent outcome. -- nm* - znufrii Jun 19, 20:20
    - I would prefer not to equivocate when such matters are slicing to the heart of a nation. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 19, 17:05 7
      - I mean TECHNICALLY it's more like indentured servitude. -- nm - mafic Jun 19, 19:47
      - The American corporatized prison system is a hungry beast that craves more "customers" to exploit. Every head boosts their profit margins. - Beryllium Jun 19, 17:07 5
        
        Point(s) taken. Unfortunately, not an easy solution. Wait for the "they get outside" defence from some. -- nm - VMan Jun 19, 17:12 4
        
        Easy solution is to stop for-profit prisons from existing and prevent state run institutions from hiring out their inmates -- nm - TWuG Jun 19, 17:21 3
        
        But if prisons were non-profit then how does Donnie cover his parade? Slightly kidding. The federal (and states) budget balloons (I assume). -- nm - VMan Jun 19, 17:25 1
        
        If budgets are a concern we could consider decriminalizing a LOT of things that shouldn't result in prison sentences. - TWuG Jun 19, 19:40
        
        Or, possibly, mandate that all profits that don't go to the workers be rerouted to funding socially beneficial programs in their communities. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 19, 17:22

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