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Kansas

TexasTowelie

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4. I don't believe that they were using the words "employee" and "prisoner" interchangeably.

Reply to Onyrleft (Reply #3)

Sat Jul 22, 2017, 12:46 AM

Jul 2017

The people that the article refers to are the guards and possibly some administrators who are state employees that are not only paid, but also have the state benefits package and belong to a union. I don't believe that the prisoners are part of a union.

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Union says some Kansas prison workers forced to work 16-hour shifts [View all] TexasTowelie Jul 2017 OP

I did a 15 hour shift last week Skittles Jul 2017 #1

I did a lot of fifteen hour shifts TexasTowelie Jul 2017 #2

a couple of years ago I missed the entire Christmas season Skittles Jul 2017 #5

Employee!?!?! Onyrleft Jul 2017 #3

I don't believe that they were using the words "employee" and "prisoner" interchangeably. TexasTowelie Jul 2017 #4

Kansas for some reason, Maxheader Jul 2017 #6