Prisoners in California will still be forced to fight wildfires and make furniture for minimal pay, as voters appear to have rejected Proposition 6

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1. This broke my brain more than the election because my neighbors probably voted against this

2. Proof that capitalists love slavery.

3. Well, I don’t know anything about the furniture, but the wildfire part (in CA at least) is definitely voluntary, and seen as a perk to the prisoners. It’s only available to offenders with good behavior and who are pretty close to release. They get to eat way better food, get skills for potentially becoming fire fighters or other safety jobs after they get out.

   This proposition was misleading.

4. People are in a tough on crime mood. Not a good political environment for this.

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