: compulsory labor of imprisoned criminals as a part of the prison discipline
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In light of recent allegations, the holiday now pays tribute to generations of workers whose hard labor too often goes unseen.—Luzdelia Caballero, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026 The story of how so many Irish came to call this corner of Pennsylvania their own stretches back nearly three centuries, shaped by famine and faith, hard labor and hard politics, and a tenacity that left its mark on nearly every institution the city holds dear.—Paula Kane, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2026 Teenagers have been publicly sentenced to long terms of hard labor for watching or distributing South Korean media.—Will Ripley, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026 My father spent seven years in prison and another two years doing hard labor in Siberia for writing anti-regime flyers from a democratic Marxist point of view.—Elizabeth Tsurkov, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hard labor