# Should Forcing Prisoners to work be legal?

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**Created:** [July 29, 2024, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-forcing-prisoners-to-work-be-legal/1004966 "2024-07-29T18:18:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-forcing-prisoners-to-work-be-legal/1004966/74 "2024-07-31T16:21:02Z")

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I mean, working a quarry is stereotypical hard labor. I think Nelson Mandela was forced to work in a quarry, for example. See also the [linked FQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prison-sentence-of-hard-labor-what-do-they-do/1004829).

~Max

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