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August 19, 2012 07:27 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/AWRGmcDVVZk/man-forced-to-work-in-jail-lau.html
Man forced to work in jail laundry while awaiting trial sues for "slavery"
In 2008, Finbar McGarry, a grad student at the University of Vermont, was arrested on gun charges. While he was awaiting trial, his jailers ordered him to work for $0.25 in the jail laundry or be condemned to solitary confinement. He's now suing for violations of his 13th amendment rights, saying that this amounted to [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/AWRGmcDVVZk/man-forced-to-work-in-jail-lau.html
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