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You may want to call it "slavery", but most people would call it punishment for crimes.

• dredmorbius 10y ago
  The 13th amendment specifically calls it slavery: "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/13thamendment.html https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/13thamendment.htm...
  • marcoperaza 10y ago
    Did you just decide to ignore that whole "nor involuntary servitude" clause? Slavery is specifically a system in which people are property that can be bought and sold. Either way, what it's called is irrelevant. I see nothing wrong with mandatory labor being part of a criminal sentence. It is part of repaying your debt to society.
    • elicash 10y ago
      Constitution says involuntary servitude AND slavery are both are allowed if someone is convicted, though. I actually wasn't aware of this and find it quite shocking that it explicitly allows slavery in that instance. What it's called helps contextualize the history behind our laws, how they came to be.