abadidea21h ago

extremely mad because my relative in American prison has let me know that from now on, instead of being charged once per book or per song and having the files added permanently to his account, he's going to ALSO be charged by the minute to read or listen to music on the tablets that are the only things they're allowed to use.

reminder that paying prisoners (vastly) less than minimum wage is legal in the US because they're defined as an exception to anti-slavery laws.

Show threadabadidea21h ago
I'm pretty sure he's also going to lose access to all the compressed-like-it's-1999 jpegs of Odin that I was charged 25 cents each to send him through the world's worst email interface.
Show threadRoland \ Willard19h ago
@0xabad1dea this sounds like something I should write an angry letter to my representatives about. I wonder if there's any laws or legislation in the pipes that could make life marginally less horrible for incarcerated people.
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@will I don't live in the US, so I'd appreciate any senator-bothering on that front, though I suspect that under the current regime it'd only be possible to get anything done at the state level.
Apr 3 at 4:23pmWeb
Show threadRoland \ Willard19h ago
@0xabad1dea definitely. Also for what it's worth, you might want to consider writing the legislators where he is incarcerated because despite not living in the US you are a family member and therefore you do have some stake.