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>Texas prisons demand every able-bodied prisoner work. i wonder whether the Texas penalty code says "... punishable by N years in prison" or "... punishable by
by trhway 7y ago
>Texas prisons demand every able-bodied prisoner work.
i wonder whether the Texas penalty code says "... punishable by N years in prison" or "... punishable by N years of slave labor" and whether the latter would pass the muster of constitutionality.
- jakelazaroff 7y agoIt would be constitutional to literally mandate slavery. Section 1 of the 13th Amendment [1]: > 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. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_Un...