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MarineCombatEngineer

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6. No, it is not,

Reply to JustAnotherGen (Reply #4)

Sat Jan 11, 2025, 10:15 AM

Jan 2025

it's all voluntary and gives those inmates a valuable job skill when they're released.
These inmate firefighters can quit at any time they want so don't call it slave labor, that's disrespectful towards those putting their lives on the line to help their fellow humans.

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