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Teens sent to Wyoming ranches for therapy say they were subjected to hard labor and humiliation.
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Tyler Kingkade, NBC News, 9 Oct. 2024
Courts-martial for cowardice were common and often ended in humiliation, imprisonment at hard labor, and even physical branding or execution.
—Chris Walsh, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2015
He was sentenced to 14 years at a hard labor camp in Russia.
—Darya Tarasova, CNN, 15 Aug. 2024
Intellectuals were forced into reeducation through hard labor.
—Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 5 Sep. 2024
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Tyler Kingkade, NBC News, 9 Oct. 2024
Courts-martial for cowardice were common and often ended in humiliation, imprisonment at hard labor, and even physical branding or execution.
—Chris Walsh, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2015
He was sentenced to 14 years at a hard labor camp in Russia.
—Darya Tarasova, CNN, 15 Aug. 2024
Intellectuals were forced into reeducation through hard labor.
—Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 5 Sep. 2024
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“Hard labor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard%20labor. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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