“Prison bosses made more money forcing inmates to play games than they do forcing people to do manual labor,” said Liu, who claimed 300 prisoners were forced to play video games on 12-hour shifts at the Jixi labor camp in Heilongjiang province.

Prison officials bragged about netting between $770 and $940 per day, said Liu, who was reportedly incarcerated for “illegally petitioning” the government about corruption issues in his town.

via Chinese Prisoner Claims Inmates Forced To Play Video Games In ‘Gold-Farming’ Scheme.

How dare Liu? Petitioning the gov about some bull…