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Roughly one in five inmates died from hard labor, cruel treatment, and the severe deprivations of the camps.
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Maria Lipman, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
The Wyoming High School graduate and University of Virginia student from Ohio had been sentenced to 15 years in prison with hard labor on subversion charges related to trying to steal a propaganda banner while visiting with a tour group.
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Scott Wartman and Meg Kinnard, The Enquirer, 20 Jan. 2024
Baldwin added that there’s a misconception and fear that construction involves hard labor all the time.
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Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 28 May 2024
Supporters of the Amendment also argued that hard labor and a lack of schooling imperiled not just child workers, but the nation.
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Janet Golden / Made By History, TIME, 23 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1651, in the meaning defined above
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“Hard labor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard%20labor. Accessed 18 Jun. 2024.
Legal Definition
hard labor
noun
: compulsory labor imposed upon prisoners as part of a sentence or as prison discipline
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