Assertion: convict | /r/CapableOf | work for the government
Facets:
value: for public works
type: PURPOSE
value: on hire from penal depots
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Unlike earlier convicts who were required to work for the government or on hire from penal depots, the Exiles were free to work for pay, but could not leave the district to which they were assigned.
text: Convicts employed by government for public works, like building roads, making bricks, carting supplies or unloading ships, were issued with food supplied from the government ‘ration’.