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The Convict Leasing Forced Labor System (slrpnk.net)
submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And only as recently as 2022 did we have a few states (four) abolish, without exception, the state constitution version of "except as punishment for a crime". For the first time in US History!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don't understand, in that article it points out that Alabama allows this without pay, but then later in the article said Alabama is one of four that doesn't allow this...?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Yes, it's odd. I think this snippet from the second article about the four states might shed light:

"The approved measures will not immediately change the states’ prison systems, but they could lead to legal challenges about prisoners being forced to work or facing sanctions or loss of certain privileges if they don’t."