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[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 69 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

This is an actual argument a "sigma grindset" coworker gave me once, specifically about being away from distracting women and just around other men who want to make money, and he's in prison for sexual battery so I guess he's happy now

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 30 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

In the U.S. we have this nice feature they call pay to stay. Where you get billed for being in prison. So you may very well be paying $25 a day to be in prison, and I think I remember seeing you can make about .86 cents a day working. So that's like $4/week working, and you owe $175 that week in fees.

[–] y0kai@anarchist.nexus 19 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

lmao what happens of you don't pay?

[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 34 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Legal slave labor for hire

[–] y0kai@anarchist.nexus 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

and if you refuse to work?

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 29 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The most common punishment for refusing to work in states like Florida (who does not pay for labor like making the food for other inmates), is solitary confinement. So really you will just spend a lot of time alone sitting on cold cement until go insane.

Some people may say solitary sounds fine, but anyone who has been in solitary tells me it's terrible.

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 32 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

American prisons are straight up slavery, no extra steps. It's deliberate.

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, it's explicit, too. It's stated formally in the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution:

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

Also, the incarceration rate for black Americans is nearly five times higher than that of white Americans:

https://www.theglobalstatistics.com/united-states-prison-race-statistics/

Couple that with the image of a corrections officer overseeing farm labor from horseback (I wish I were joking), which includes, but is not limited to, actually picking cotton, and can see exactly what they're trying to do.

https://worthrises.org/blogpost/2025/6/18/prison-labor-in-agriculture-people-in-prison-are-picking-cotton-on-former-plantations-in-dangerous-conditions-for-no-pay

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

i have not been in solitary, but once when sick i went about a month without speaking to or seeing anyone (not even watching tv, playing video games, or going on the internet. i was sick). by the end my pareidolia was going nuts, i was seeing faces in everything.

For those who don't know what pareidolia means like me, the context clues here were good. "The tendency to perceive meaningful patterns or images in random stimuli, like faces in clouds or rocks."

[–] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago

Pretty sure they put you in prison to work off those fees, ya scoundrel

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

He'e probably say something about how all that debt will force him to grind harder. Guy earned $13/hr and lived alone and somehow found a lender to approve a 96-month lease on a basically new 4Runner, and that's what he said when we all understandably gave him shit for his financial acumen

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

he's in prison for sexual battery

Can't tell which way for is used here, 'for committing' or 'looking for'.

[–] marighost@piefed.social 4 points 2 weeks ago

Guess he got distracted by a woman?

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago

It depends on the country and prison, but it might not be free and usually requires working a job. For example, most states in the US allow for charging prisoners:

https://finesandfeesjusticecenter.org/articles/americas-dystopian-incarceration-system-of-pay-to-stay-behind-bars/

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 9 points 2 weeks ago

Don't tempt me

[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Well the head is lol

[–] YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH 3 points 2 weeks ago