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reformist2

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1. This should be illegal. At the very least, they should get minimum, with the wages put in escrow.

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Fri Feb 28, 2014, 12:21 PM

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Hundreds Of American Companies Pay Employees As Little As 23 Cents An Hour [View all] n2doc Feb 2014 OP

This should be illegal. At the very least, they should get minimum, with the wages put in escrow. reformist2 Feb 2014 #1

Public funds feed and house inmates, inmate labor makes private companies profits. NYC_SKP Feb 2014 #2

Like public funds subsidize Wal-Mart employees. nt valerief Feb 2014 #4

Yes. Companies should pay something comparable to what they would pay on the outside . . . freedom fighter jh Feb 2014 #8

don't know.... burfman Feb 2014 #10

Peonage, it's what prisons are made for. nt valerief Feb 2014 #3

The Obama administration is aggressively growing private prisons. woo me with science Feb 2014 #5

Surfs, they have a roof over their heads and food to eat. Autumn Feb 2014 #6

Pacur, owned by US Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wi) is such a company... Scuba Feb 2014 #7

the prison that I worked at had inmates that worked littlewolf Feb 2014 #9

It's not just prison labor. It's the labor of people with disabilities, too. KamaAina Feb 2014 #11

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