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So all we need to do is find a way to put people in prison!
Win-win!
Public work is one thing if we had a fair justice system (we don't)
Private work is absolutely indefensible.
My wife was a journalist in SoCal a while back. She did a story on some women prisoners that were used to assist in firefighting.
They worked alongside Cal Fire. It was rough work, they were right there in the shit.
She can't recall if they were paid anything extra but she does remember that they ALL volunteered for it. They actually loved it.
In my job, I occasionally facilitate training for prisoner firefighters. Not only do they all love the job, they are also the best FD we train with. They read the material, study procedures, get it right when being observed. They get to stay at the firehouse instead of the prison itself, so both getting invited to do it and continuing to do it are huge for the inmates. They also love it. It burns my biscuit right up that they'll not be able to be a firefighter when they get out.
They allow them to become firefighters nowadays.
The law changed recently
Depends on the state I imagine. But I just looked mine up and it's "in the last 10 years" and not "ever" so that's good.
It could lead to them getting job offers if/when they get released.
It does not.
They are banned (or they used to be, looks like there were some legal changes recently) from being firefighters after they're released, so...
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Yo, its the private fire fighters the guy was asking on Twitter about.
"I will pay any amount"
1 dollar per hour and your soul is pretty cheap.
Da fuq? This is just plain wrong.
not legally. the constitution did not ban slavery completely. there is an explicit exception for prisoners.
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Fire Country
Yes, that is a TV show.
So you and people who get free room and board should get equal pay, or they're slaves, but you're not. Got it.
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To play devil's advocate, and out of blind ignorancr, what's the alternative? Do nothing? Conscript the public?
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I wonder if the Alethi pay their slaves better. What's the normal hourly rate for a firefighter?
I can confirm, Alethi slaves are better paid.
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