Forced labor at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola in 2015. Picture from The Atlantic.

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image showing Forced labor at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola in 2015. Picture from The Atlantic.

AkaruiKitsune on May 17th, 2023 at 23:38 UTC »

The article where this image is from: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/09/prison-labor-in-america/406177/ Documentary from The Atlantic at Louisiana State Penitentiary: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/404305/angola-prison-documentary/

Splith on May 18th, 2023 at 02:13 UTC »

Wasn't Angola a former plantation, that was turned into a prison after the civil war, where former slaves were re-enslaved to work the fields?

pwn3dbyth3n00b on May 18th, 2023 at 03:01 UTC »

Fun, not so fun fact: Slavery in the form of involuntary servitude for punishment was not abolished and perfectly legal by the constitution. This is technically legal slavery.

AMENDMENT XIII

Section 1.

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.

Section 2.

Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.