The 13th admendment allows for slavery if they're convicted criminals.
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.
There seems to be some confusion on what this really is, particularly in the lower rated comments, I’m guessing from r/all. I’m not trying to defend it, just clearing up some things on how this works.
This isn’t just something any prisoner gets to do, it’s actually a reward for well behaved prisoners trying to improve their situation or learn a marketable skill for when they are released. Prisoners that are well behaved and trusted are allowed to go on these off site work products, usually litter pickup or some other kind of basic manual labor. The prisoners strive for this because it means less time in their cells, they get some degree of freedom, and reminds them that they are people and not property. This also earns them wages put on a special account that they can either spend or save and collect upon release, making it much more like a regular job than slave labor.
again, not trying to defend it or say it’s right but those are the conditions I’ve seen it worked under in most cases.
baltimoretom on January 14th, 2018 at 01:16 UTC »
The 13th admendment allows for slavery if they're convicted criminals.
Werefoofle on January 14th, 2018 at 01:57 UTC »
Killer Mike - Reaganstarscream191 on January 14th, 2018 at 05:13 UTC »
There seems to be some confusion on what this really is, particularly in the lower rated comments, I’m guessing from r/all. I’m not trying to defend it, just clearing up some things on how this works.
This isn’t just something any prisoner gets to do, it’s actually a reward for well behaved prisoners trying to improve their situation or learn a marketable skill for when they are released. Prisoners that are well behaved and trusted are allowed to go on these off site work products, usually litter pickup or some other kind of basic manual labor. The prisoners strive for this because it means less time in their cells, they get some degree of freedom, and reminds them that they are people and not property. This also earns them wages put on a special account that they can either spend or save and collect upon release, making it much more like a regular job than slave labor.
again, not trying to defend it or say it’s right but those are the conditions I’ve seen it worked under in most cases.