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Word: productivelyâ (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1982-1982
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...prisoner's days can be spent productively???a queer industriousness, to be sure?or endlessly loafing. At Leavenworth, he might do his time making pig bristles into paintbrushes, and earn about 60¢ an hour. In Texas, the director of prisons says he runs "quasimilitary operations," and his close-cropped inmates in uniform white cotton must work for nothing. Rick Sikes was eligible for a parole hearing after his first 120 days at Leavenworth, but he waived the opportunity; a second bank robbery conviction, and its 50-year sentence, await him in Texas. "I don't care nothin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Are Prisons For? | 9/13/1982 | See Source »

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