What (who) is hard labour - definition

WORK THAT PRISONERS ARE REQUIRED TO PERFORM

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¦ noun heavy manual work as a punishment.

hard labour

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Note: in AM, use 'hard labor'

Hard labour is hard physical work which people have to do as punishment for a crime.

The sentence of the court was twelve years' hard labour, to be served in a British prison.

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Hard Labour (film)

1973 TELEVISION FILM DIRECTED BY MIKE LEIGH

Hard Labour (film)

Hard Labour is a 1973 television film, directed by Mike Leigh and produced by Tony Garnett which was broadcast as part of the BBC anthology series Play for Today. The film stars Liz Smith in her first major role.

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Penal labour

Penal labour is a term for various kinds of forced labour which prisoners are required to perform, typically manual labour. The work may be light or hard, depending on the context. Forms of sentence involving penal labour have included involuntary servitude, penal servitude, and imprisonment with hard labour. The term may refer to several related scenarios: labour as a form of punishment, the prison system used as a means to secure labour, and labour as providing occupation for convicts. These scenarios can be applied to those imprisoned for political, religious, war, or other reasons as well as to criminal convicts.

Large-scale implementations of penal labour include labour camps, prison farms, penal colonies, penal military units, penal transportation, or aboard prison ships.

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Examples of use of hard labour

1. The prisoner was committed to hard labour for two months.

2. "It was hard labour and very unreliable," said Thang.

3. Information Minister Bereket Simon denied the students were beaten or forced to do hard labour.

4. Cui had welcomed hard labour in a bid for such a nomination.

5. The fugitives were handed down the harsher penalty of 15 years in jail with hard labour.