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TIL Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands (apnews.com)
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Slavery never left it just got rebranded.

The Thirteenth Amendment needs to be amended.

Per Wikipedia: The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. The amendment was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, by the House of Representatives on January 31, 1865, and ratified by the required 27 of the then 36 states on December 6, 1865, and proclaimed on December 18, 1865. It was the first of the three Reconstruction Amendments adopted following the American Civil War.

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[–] protist@mander.xyz 125 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Willie Ingram picked everything from cotton to okra during his 51 years in the state penitentiary, better known as Angola.

During his time in the fields, he was overseen by armed guards on horseback and recalled seeing men, working with little or no water, passing out in triple-digit heat. Some days, he said, workers would throw their tools in the air to protest, despite knowing the potential consequences.

“They’d come, maybe four in the truck, shields over their face, billy clubs, and they’d beat you right there in the field. They beat you, handcuff you and beat you again,” said Ingram, who received a life sentence after pleading guilty to a crime he said he didn’t commit. He was told he would serve 10 ½ years and avoid a possible death penalty, but it wasn’t until 2021 that a sympathetic judge finally released him. He was 73.

This is horrifying in all regards

[–] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 50 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It's basically slavery. I'm willing to bet that most of these people working were black too.

[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

13th amendment

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The Thirteenth Amendment only restricts private ownership of people. It also has a carveout specifically related to the punishment for a crime.

[–] monsieur_hackerman@programming.dev 14 points 1 day ago

Exactly, we never outlawed slavery, we made it explicitly legal. Cops have always been slave catchers in this country.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 day ago

He was told he would serve 10 ½ years and avoid a possible death penalty, but it wasn’t until 2021 that a sympathetic judge finally released him. He was 73.

note: he was released because he wasn't usable as a prison laborer anymore. he was released because the prison couldn't make money off him anymore. he was released so he has to look for his own shelter.

[–] DrFistington@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago

It was horrible to do to people that you claim to be 'rehabilitating'. Now it's going to be done to whatever marginalized group is next in the list, and provided no actual challenge or resistance, that list will grow to include people in trade unions, educated professionals, entertainers, free thinkers, any type of dissenter, oh and they've already dog whistled their plan to 'punish' people who donated to the Harris campaign.

Meanwhile the Trump administration is dismantling agencies that track and fight child/human trafficking. It's not by coincidence. The goal is that we all are essentially assets of the federal government that can be bought, sold, and/or stripped of citizenship if it becomes useful to the regime.

[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

Willie Ingram picked everything from cotton to okra during his 51 years in the state penitentiary, better known as Angola.

Fake news, this country only got fucked after Trump got elected or bush or reagan. It was all sunshine and peaches otherwise.

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