New York Is Making Its Own Hand Sanitizer – Using Prison Labor
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Umm, no, the alcohol doesn't work like that. 75% of alcohol is no better than 60%.
> (95% alcohol was seen to be most effective in eliminating most viruses).
> 90% alcohol rubs are more effective against viruses than most other forms of hand washing
> The World Health Organization has published a guide: > 80% ethanol or 75% isopropanol
> 95% alcohol was seen to be most effective in eliminating most viruses
> 90% alcohol rubs are highly flammable,
Prisons are the modern plantations and corporations are the plantation owners.
It's not a trick, it's a straightforward statement of the author's intent.
It's a loophole that permits slavery of non-prisoners by virtue of a corrupt prosecution and jail system that puts people in prison for longer than they deserve and then extends their sentences unreasonably for in-prison violations, allowing slave labor dor the duration of their excessive imprisonment.
Most modern prison labor isn't even "slavery" under the 13th. It's using a different loophole -- indentured servitude to reduce inflated sentences, and offering monopsonistically-suppressed wages and monopolistic "company town" prices for basic living supplies.
This is also generally not labour for the community in the general sense - there is an entity drawing a profit from prison labour (the state if it’s a publicly owned prison, or the prison owners if it’s privately owned). What you describe would be community service, which you may be able to argue is not slavery (and I would say is also an acceptable form of punishment for some crimes if it reduces recidivism).