[linuxftw]

Sometimes it's voluntary because the alternative is sitting in high confinement most hours of the day.

[akiselev]

> the alternative is sitting in high confinement most hours of the day.

Then it's not voluntary.

[linuxftw]

> Then it's not voluntary.

Precisely. Prisons are allowed to create inhumane conditions to help boost their supply of willing volunteers.

[rmah]

Prison is, by definition, non-voluntary.

[inetknght]

So if the prisoners aren't paid but the prison is, that creates motive to (have more prisoners|create more non-voluntary workers) with an illusion of volunteering because otherwise those non-voluntary workers would be involuntarily staring at a wall all day.

[ryanmercer]

Prison, by definition, is opt-in. You do the crime and show disregard for society, you opt-in.

[behringer]

And of the people innocently imprisoned?

https://www.innocenceproject.org/

Or those imprisoned for life for stupid shit?

https://www.aclu.org/report/living-death-life-without-parole...

[ryanmercer]

>And of the people innocently imprisoned?

"estimate is that 1 percent of the US prison population, approximately 20,000 people, are falsely convicted."

https://www.innocenceproject.org/how-many-innocent-people-ar...

While it is unfortunate, they make up 1% of the prison population.

[tylermw]

All fine and good until you're in that 1%. Then you might have a slightly different opinion on forced unpaid labor for someone else's profit, otherwise known as slavery.

But seriously, I see that 1% and it solidifies why prison populations should not be subject to forced labor for profit. That is not a low number.