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Read it in context again, it is commentary on the US prison system as a whole. > But limiting hours and/or giving more of the money to the actual prisoners doi
by kube-system 2y ago
Read it in context again, it is commentary on the US prison system as a whole.
> But limiting hours and/or giving more of the money to the actual prisoners doing the labor should be enough to fix that moral hazard.
Maybe but it doesn't address the immorality of the situation to begin with. There's a simple solution, here: eliminate the prison loophole for slavery. There can still be labor in prisons, it should just follow prevailing labor law.
- Dylan16807 2y agoThe critical sentence is "The 13th amendment codifies slavery into our prison system and few things are as barbaric in my mind." I can see your argument that the thing being called barbaric is the prison system in general, but I'm still pretty sure the thing being called barbaric by that wording is specifically the slavery part. > Maybe but it doesn't address the immorality of the situation to begin with. There's a simple solution, here: eliminate the prison loophole for slavery. There can still be labor in prisons, it should just follow prevailing labor law. That might be best but I'm not sure if it's obviously the best option.