U.S. Teacher: I Did 7 Months Of Forced Labor In A Chinese Jail

[JoeyT]

19. My first introduction to it was when I was seventeen

and worked at a place that made church furniture. There was a guy that worked there that the county jail sent over. He didn't want to be there, but he didn't want to tell the sheriff no, either. After maybe two months there, a bandsaw blade broke and took part of his hand off because the guard had been removed. The sheriff sent a new convict over, and I haven't seen that guy since. (That was twenty years ago and I never knew his real name, and I quit the next day) I'm not "misinformed", thanks, I've seen it first hand.

We most certainly DO have slave labor in our prisons. If "Work for us so we can take all the money and we'll fuck you up if you refuse" doesn't qualify as slave labor, I don't know what does. And that isn't little bumblefuck county jails, that's what privatized prisons do.

http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-prison-industry-in-the-united-states-big-business-or-a-new-form-of-slavery/8289

According to the Left Business Observer, the federal prison industry produces 100% of all military helmets, ammunition belts, bullet-proof vests, ID tags, shirts, pants, tents, bags, and canteens. Along with war supplies, prison workers supply 98% of the entire market for equipment assembly services; 93% of paints and paintbrushes; 92% of stove assembly; 46% of body armor; 36% of home appliances; 30% of headphones/microphones/speakers; and 21% of office furniture. Airplane parts, medical supplies, and much more: prisoners are even raising seeing-eye dogs for blind people.

http://truth-out.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=1808:martori-farms-abusive-conditions-at-a-key-walmart-supplier

Currently, we are forced to work in the blazing sun for eight hours. We run out of water several times a day. We ran out of sunscreen several times a week. They don't check medical backgrounds or ages before they pull women for these jobs. Many of us cannot do it! If we stop working and sit on the bus or even just take an unauthorized break, we get a major ticket which takes away our 'good time'.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_labour#United_States

Penal labour is not required in the United States, but refusal to work normally results in the inmate receiving less food, a longer sentence, or other sanctions.