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Stuff You Should Know
The Brutal History of Prison Labor

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Stuff You Should Know
The Brutal History of Prison Labor

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Stuff You Should Know
The Brutal History of Prison Labor

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Stuff You Should Know
The Brutal History of Prison Labor

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Stuff You Should Know
The Brutal History of Prison Labor

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Stuff You Should Know
The Brutal History of Prison Labor

Hey, and welcome to the podcast.

Stuff You Should Know
The Brutal History of Prison Labor

I'm Josh, and there's Chuck, and it's just us.

Stuff You Should Know
The Brutal History of Prison Labor

Jerry's on leave right now.

Stuff You Should Know
The Brutal History of Prison Labor

She's having a little R&R, living it up in the South Seas, falling in love, spending a lot of time on the beach, writing people's names in the sand for money.

Stuff You Should Know
The Brutal History of Prison Labor

I assume that's what she's doing.

Stuff You Should Know
The Brutal History of Prison Labor

She might also just be in New York.

Stuff You Should Know
The Brutal History of Prison Labor

It's one of the two.

Stuff You Should Know
The Brutal History of Prison Labor

I guess so, sure.

Stuff You Should Know
The Brutal History of Prison Labor

Coney Island?

Stuff You Should Know
The Brutal History of Prison Labor

I guess we should stop all the joking around, the horsing around, Chuck, because this is a very serious episode.

Stuff You Should Know
The Brutal History of Prison Labor

So let's just end that now.

Stuff You Should Know
The Brutal History of Prison Labor

Yeah, because, I mean, if you think about prison labor, it's bad enough as it is.

Stuff You Should Know
The Brutal History of Prison Labor

But when you really start to get into the nuts and bolts of it and all the loopholes that are abused and all of the ways that prisoners are actually treated in exchange for the labor, it's even worse than you would think it turns out.

Stuff You Should Know
The Brutal History of Prison Labor

Right.