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California voters reject ballot measure banning forced prison labor (www.jurist.org)

submitted 5 days ago by BrikoX to c/[email protected]

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California announced on Sunday the unofficial result that voters in the state rejected Proposition 6, which would have amended the Constitution of California to ban state prisons from forcing inmates to work. Currently, if prisoners refuse to work, it is legal for prisons to impose disciplinary measures.

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[–] BrikoX 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Americans sure seem to love slavery...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

Yeah we do. This is the 13th amendment to the US Constitution in which "slavery was abolished".

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.

Big ass loophole, right from the start. Suddenly, states became incentivized to imprison its citizens. The net effect is that the US incarcerates a higher percentage of its population than any other country in the world.