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> That there's a prison labor loophole in the 13th Amendment[1] that abolished slavery speaks volumes. Not really. That amendment abolished all other forms of
by tivert 3y ago
> That there's a prison labor loophole in the 13th Amendment[1] that abolished slavery speaks volumes.
Not really. That amendment abolished all other forms of involuntary servitude too (except as punishment for a crime).
If that exception weren't there, it'd outlaw pretty reasonable things, like sentences of "community service."