2014年6月23日 · It's a common theme in old movies and cartoons that prisoners break rocks for hard labor, but why would they do it? Surely there were machines that could do the job better, …

2013年10月28日 · In the stockade in Melbourne, prisoners used to work overtime to shorten their term. Sentanced to 2 years hard labor (breaking rocks for roads), you could serve your time at …

2004年12月1日 · Where commanders have well-planned, resourced, and consistent programs for implementing sentences of hard labor without confinement, Soldiers can be made to work- …

2019年5月6日 · Folsom Prison in California offers a great illustration of the dimensions of rock-labor in late 19th/early 20th century prisoners' lives. It's not quite the stereotypical Cool Hand …

Extermination through labour (or "extermination through work", German: Vernichtung durch Arbeit) is a term that was adopted to describe forced labor in Nazi concentration camps whose …

High on the cliff above the often turbulent tidal currents of Deception Pass there was once a rock quarry worked by convicts. It was located on the north side of the Pass on Fidalgo Island, …

2017年6月11日 · Breaking rocks does have some historical basis, apparently . Hard work as part of the punishment was a common thing in the past. It wasn't completely purposeless, though -- …

Extreme forms of protest in a prison work camp Buford Prison Branch was called “The Rock Pile” because the inmates there broke rocks all day with sledge hammers—“made big rocks into …

A group of prisoners working outside prison walls under close supervision, but without chains, is a work gang. Their distinctive attire (stripe wear or orange vests or jumpsuits) and shaven heads …

1995年7月29日 · In May, Alabama became the first state to bring back chain gangs. Prisoners chopped weeds and picked up highway trash. Arizona has since followed suit and put convicts …