From Bluesky: "I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012."

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21. As a long-term ex-federal offender, who worked in both paid prison industries and unpaid farm work

I endorse everything this poster has said and opined.

On our dairy farm, we had a high-quality ice cream machine. The milk we took out of the cows would go directly into the ice cream machine and make the best ice cream I’ve ever had.

There was also a slaughterhouse and a cowboy crew.. The alleged reason for the slaughterhouse was to provide meat for the prisoners. Coincidentally, two of the guards who were in charge of the slaughter house owned a restaurant in town. All we got were the tough gristly steaks. Guess where the good stuff went?

I actually paid my way through prison, sent money out to an ungrateful and missing wife, and had a nest egg saved up to start over when I got out.