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What is prison labor? How does prison labor impact different cultures and societies? What hypothesis can you make about the rise and fall of labor in prisons?

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Prison labor is something that can be construed as different across the world and have a different meaning for different cultures and societies. Prison labor has a long history, and has been around since humankind starting imprisoning its citizens. The different forms of prison labor range from the gulags of Communist the Soviet Union to current day North Korea. In gulags prisoners are forced to till and ...

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