lemmy.ml

Found your problem. Especially when Yogthos is a mod, and I presume the one that banned you. Any suggestion that the West isn't absolutely the worst possible everything at all times merits at least downvoted and at most a ban.

I don't know why people bother with lemmy.ml at all - just add it to your user instance block list and move on.

Prisoners can be forced to work in the US, to my knowledge.

Penal labor is permitted under the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits slavery except as a punishment for a crime where the individual has been convicted.[1] The courts have held that detainees awaiting trial cannot be forced to work.[14] However, convicted criminals who are medically able to work are typically required to do so in roles such as food service, warehouse work, plumbing, painting, or as inmate orderlies.[15]According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, inmates earn between 12-40 cents per hour for these jobs, which is below the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.[15] There have been proposals of ideas to help incarcerated workers obtain better wages and improved working conditions through unionizing prison labor.