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      Slavery is explicitly allowed, so long as you are incarcerated, as per the constitution.

      Really oughta be amended…

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      This is providing free bags and sand for people to protect their homes. Since there’s no profit involved, I’d expect the inmates volunteered rather then being forced. There’s minimal upside to forcing them if nobody makes a profit.

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        Since there’s no profit involved, I’d expect the inmates volunteered rather then being forced.

        Hahahahahaha!

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      They provided bags and sand but residents had to bring shovels and fill their own bags. You can see in the picture and read in the article, the inmates are helping residents who need it. Many inmates have jobs. Spending a day outside, interacting with people, and helping the community in a difficult time seems like a pretty good one.

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        Spending a day outside, interacting with people, and helping the community in a difficult time seems like a pretty good one.

        Until the people decide to leave you behind when they evacuate

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        They provided bags and sand but residents had to bring shovels and fill their own bags.

        I guess you read the first paragraph and skipped the rest?

        In a Facebook post, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said inmates are “assisting residents that are not capable of filling their own sandbags.”

        There is zero chance all of the inmates volunteered to do this. They were coerced or forced to participate.

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          I’m not sure what you mean. The article clearly says that residents brought shovels and inmates helped those who needed it. When i worked with inmates they all wanted the golf course jobs because they got to be outside interacting with people.

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        You’d provably enjoy a movie called “Slaves on holiday” where it’s just about slaves being allowed to look at the sun for a day.