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No. If you wanted that, you’d do this: “Neither slavery, nor involuntary servitude except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly conv
by ceejayoz 9mo ago
No. If you wanted that, you’d do this:
“Neither slavery, nor involuntary servitude except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted…”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_labor_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_labor_in_the_United_Stat...
“Over the years, the courts have held inmates may be forced to work and are not protected by the constitution against involuntary servitude. They have also consistently held that inmates have no constitutional right to compensation and that inmates are paid by the "grace of the state."”