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TIL the U.S. Civil War is called "The Slave War" in Icelandic (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Privately owning other people became illegal, but slavery is still allowed "as punishment for crime" according to the 13th amendment. And yeah.. it's still very much a thing. https://apnews.com/article/prison-to-plate-inmate-labor-investigation-c6f0eb4747963283316e494eadf08c4e

Edit: Just saw this: https://lemmy.world/post/14352144

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If the prison is owned by a for-profit company and the company they slave for is a for-profit company, doesn't that make them property of those institutions?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

It's different today in that the people aren't actually owned in the way that they were before the 13 amendment. Their labor is the property of the company, but they don't have to purchase themselves back from the prison in order to be released (although prison fees are eerily similar to that practice). The 13th doesn't specify who can profit off enslaved people's labor, just that it's allowed as punishment for crime. But the huge profit incentive to treat people horribly while being free of any OSHA standards or labor laws is one of many reasons for-profit-prisons need to end immediately.

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/paying-your-time-how-charging-inmates-fees-behind-bars-may-violate?