#prison workers

I’m not here to argue about ethics, I’m here to remind you of linguistics.

Slaves are property, prisoners (in the USA) are not.

A slave, by definition, doesn’t even have to work they just have to be owned.  Slaves also worked in unfair, unsafe conditioned, but didn’t get paid.

So before reblogging another post about prisoner-farmers or prisoner-tech support operators, ask yourself

Is this person owned?

Is this person paid?

Don’t point to these prisoners and say, “Slavery still exists here!”