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> Unfortunately, the 13th amendment allows it... The 13th Amendment doesn't prohibit it, the way it prohibits (most forms of) chattel slavery. But there's not

• DubiousPusher 8y ago
  That would be lovely. I hope that happens.
• jaccarmac 8y ago
  IANAL but the wording seems pretty straightforward. I feel relatively confident that laws outlawing prison slavery would be challenged by for-profit prisons instantly and easily be declared unconstitutional.
  • chimeracoder 8y ago
    > IANAL but the wording seems pretty straightforward. I feel relatively confident that laws outlawing prison slavery would be challenged by for-profit prisons instantly and easily be declared unconstitutional. It'd be pretty hard to extract from the 13th amendment a constitutional right to put prisoners to unpaid work. Furthermore, it's a myth that only for-profit prisons that profit from it - state-owned prisons also profit off the system to the same extent.
    • jaccarmac 8y ago
      > It'd be pretty hard to extract from the 13th amendment a constitutional right to put prisoners to unpaid work. Fair, I had forgotten the "except... shall exist wording" > state-owned prisons also profit off the system to the same extent Also fair, but I'd expect the private prisons to be the ones to sue states.
      • chimeracoder 8y ago
        > Also fair, but I'd expect the private prisons to be the ones to sue states. Maybe, but at the moment the LEO/correctional officer unions are the ones actively lobbying to prevent laws like these from passing in the first place.