a few things to consider.
a convicted criminal loses alot of his rights. think of him as an adopted child. he becomes a ward of the state, and must do the bidding of his state. if the state says he needs to fight a fire because it dosen't have the budget resources to pay professional teams to do so, the prisoner fights fires. if the state says he goes and cleans up the highway, the prisoner goes to clean up highways. they can't say no, they don't have the right. they lost that right when they comitted a crime against the state, and this is their pennance.
that said, it's remarkable that these guys worked like they did, i think it really does serve as a great program to allow them to do beneficial things, it might give them a glimpse of how useful a human being can be, when what they've previously known is pretty shallow.
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My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.
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