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[–] laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone 149 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It isn't, this is how they get around it, and literally wrote into the amendment banning slavery to leave a carve out for prisoners

[–] West_of_West@piefed.social 87 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Could also explain why prisons are such a big industry in the US

[–] Sineljora@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 days ago

All of our 401ks invest in it.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

also to put them in perpetually low wage jobs, where they cant complain, much like they do with Immigrants. and to live them socioeconomically disadvantaged for generations with no way to lift them out of.