• zaphod@sopuli.xyz
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    3 days ago

    Call me when EU prisons are used as slave camps (populated overwhelmingly by black people)

    Is prison labour only slavery if the prisoners are black people? Because prison labour is common in Europe.

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      3 days ago

      Where did you read that prison labour is common in Europe?

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paid_prison_labour

      The availability of paid work in Europe is increasingly low. For instance, approximately only 5,300 labour roles are offered to 12,500 prisoners in Greece, while in Italy there is only one inmate out of five who is entitled to paid work.[21]

      And before you nitpick. Unpaid work (like helping in the kitchen) translates into reduced sentences and isn’t common at all.

      It also doesn’t matter what colour their skin is.

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        3 days ago

        Ok, let me specify a little more, paid prison labour is really common in Germany, to the point I’d say almost all prisoners are working. I’m not talking about working in the kitchen here, I’m talking about cheap labour for private companies, usually manufacturing.