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In reply to the discussion: And so it begins. Some farms already have produce rotting in fields due to lack of workers. [View all]

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6. There are 12 states that still have prison farms
Reply to DetlefK (Original post)
Tue May 6, 2025, 06:57 AM
May 2025
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison_farm

((The number may expand. And we COULD see "rent a prisoner" on farms.))

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And so it begins. Some farms already have produce rotting in fields due to lack of workers. [View all] DetlefK May 2025 OP
child labor and automation lapfog_1 May 2025 #1
the dept of ed is defunded. Javaman May 2025 #8
No big deal enid602 May 2025 #2
Trump said that American farmers will have a "field day" once the tariffs kick in. Squaredeal May 2025 #3
G.O.P. damning the people who do the work, then shipping them to The G.O.P. Gulag in El Salvador BoRaGard May 2025 #4
no less than $25 an hour RJ-MacReady May 2025 #5
There are 12 states that still have prison farms nitpicked May 2025 #6
Doesn't California have a minimum wage higher than $11./ hour? questionseverything May 2025 #7
Farm work is often exempted... druidity33 May 2025 #10
The Chinese Communist Party also loves to use prison slave labor. GoCubsGo May 2025 #9
Georgia tried using prisoners to pick crops after running off immigrants in 2011. (didn't end well) Snarkoleptic May 2025 #11
I think it was Louisiana, not California progressoid May 2025 #12
Or take all those they're rounding up for deportation and force them to work the fields. mucholderthandirt May 2025 #13
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