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to be violent, or prisoners appearing in a setting where they may be near the public (a courthouse) or have an opportunity to flee (being transferred from a prison to a court). Although prisoners in these restraints are sometimes chained to one another during transport or other movement, this is not a chain gang--although reporters may refer to it as such--because the restraints make any kind of manual work impossible.

Purpose

Various claims as to the purpose of chain gangs have been offered. These include:
* punishment
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