Yes. And they get to “rent” out the labor of inmates for personal profit. And we’re not just talking about prison maintenance or roadside cleaning and stuff, we’re talking about “renting” out cashiers to McDonalds and stuff like that.
Don’t forget the kickbacks that judges definitely aren’t getting on the back end to send more people to prison, not to mention the outright bribery these prisons are using to “lobby” politicians to expand and maintain mandatory minimums to keep the beds full. Also, they don’t just rent out the labour. The government literally pays them per-bed-filled.
It’s explicitly in the thirteenth amendment, dude.
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.
Yes. And they get to “rent” out the labor of inmates for personal profit. And we’re not just talking about prison maintenance or roadside cleaning and stuff, we’re talking about “renting” out cashiers to McDonalds and stuff like that.
Don’t forget the kickbacks that judges definitely aren’t getting on the back end to send more people to prison, not to mention the outright bribery these prisons are using to “lobby” politicians to expand and maintain mandatory minimums to keep the beds full. Also, they don’t just rent out the labour. The government literally pays them per-bed-filled.
Which leads to things like the Cash for Kids scandal.
It’s so evil that it wouldn’t pass as fiction.
Jesus fucking Christ. And the US has one of the largest prison populations in the world. Slavery is alive and well in the US.
It’s explicitly in the thirteenth amendment, dude.
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.
Slavery is allowed if you’re deemed a criminal… No wonder America is so keen on incarcerating criminality, rather than rehabilitation.