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[โ€“] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 38 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Reminder that slavery was never outright abolished in the US, the constitution explicitly allows slavery as punishment for a crime which is why private for-profit prisons are a thing in the US.

[โ€“] ohlaph@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

We need to abolish that and make prisons truly rehabilitation facilities.