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Webster Green

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4. They often use prisoners for firefighting in CA.

Reply to NNN0LHI (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2012, 10:40 AM

Apr 2012

I had to chase a bunch of them out of one of my pot patches one time, when they were in our area fighting a wild-fire. They didn't even know that the stuff was two months away from being ready to harvest.

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Want to be a firefighter in Georgia? Get sent to jail [View all] NNN0LHI Apr 2012 OP

Slavery - By Any Other Name JustAnotherGen Apr 2012 #1

Agree, it's slave labor. Shameful. Brickbat Apr 2012 #2

It Is Worse Than Slave Labor TheMastersNemesis Apr 2012 #3

They often use prisoners for firefighting in CA. Webster Green Apr 2012 #4

Georgia -- never say they aren't ingenious! izquierdista Apr 2012 #5

Why don't they just send in Brian Beckmann? nt Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2012 #6

It is not slave labor at all Riftaxe Apr 2012 #7

I would think that melm00se Apr 2012 #8