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It isn't clear to me that prison labour in the US is meaningfully distinct from slavery
by YawningAngel 6y ago
It isn't clear to me that prison labour in the US is meaningfully distinct from slavery
- bigbubba 6y agoBecause it isn't. It's distinct from chattel slavery, which is not the only form of slavery. Bonded labor is the most common form of slavery today, and is also not chattel slavery.
- dpifke 6y agoIt isn't, which is why the 13th amendment (which bans other forms of slavery) explicitly permits it. Some members from both houses of Congress have recently proposed a constitutional amendment to change this: https://www.merkley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/The%20Abolition%20Amendment%20Text.pdf https://www.merkley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/The%20Abolition...
- throwaway201103 6y agoExcept for the due process trial, conviction, and sentencing.
- downrightmike 6y agoyeah, that's the way it is justified, repaying debts to society.