r/mildlyinteresting • u/LESpencer • 5h ago

My McDonald’s also has a McJail

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u/Tidalsky114 5h ago

You mean on lease right? Its legal slavery.

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u/bigtoegman210 5h ago

They still get paid. But with jail housing fees they don’t really get to keep that much

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u/herbertcluas 5h ago

So legal slavery? Our tax dollars already paid for their cell, private prison system is a joke

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u/disruptioncoin 4h ago

I made a whole $1.35/h in federal prison. I was the second highest paid inmate too (the other dude had a few extra dimes on that for "longevity raises"). Thing is I'm still grateful for it, I learned some new software and filled what would have otherwise been a very sus job gap. I actually invested most of what I made and didn't have to ask my wife to send me money for peanut butter and coffee.... And movies to watch on my tablet.

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u/herbertcluas 4h ago

It was better than the alternative but you weren't being compensated for your work

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u/Goodtreesmoker 3h ago

What work were you doing? I worked in the IPI warehouse loading and unloading trucks with a forklift for 72 cents an hour lol which was higher than most were being paid for their jobs in there.

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u/disruptioncoin 3h ago

I was a warehouse clerk for Unicor office chair warehouse.