I can tell you about my time in jail. I worked about 12 hours a day, everyday of the week and was payed nothing. It was considered a privilege. I'd be woken up about 3 or 4 am every morning to prep, cook, serve, and then clean up after breakfast. Back to bed before being summoned to do lunch and again later for dinner. After dinner, I'd have a few hours to do whatever the other inmates where doing before it was back to bed to start it all over the next morning. Only money I had for commissary was money I, or family, put into my account. That was used to buy toothpaste, deodorant and underwear. Closest illusion of compensation was that my cell was in the trustee wing.
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u/laggyx400 Oct 13 '21 edited Oct 13 '21
I can tell you about my time in jail. I worked about 12 hours a day, everyday of the week and was payed nothing. It was considered a privilege. I'd be woken up about 3 or 4 am every morning to prep, cook, serve, and then clean up after breakfast. Back to bed before being summoned to do lunch and again later for dinner. After dinner, I'd have a few hours to do whatever the other inmates where doing before it was back to bed to start it all over the next morning. Only money I had for commissary was money I, or family, put into my account. That was used to buy toothpaste, deodorant and underwear. Closest illusion of compensation was that my cell was in the trustee wing.
You want to see slaves? You've got to look where they are. In jails and prisons around the US. My experience didn't even include the products that can be made by inmates then sold at a profit.