United States | News & Politics

7376 readers

436 users here now

founded 4 years ago

MODERATORS

pangyuehung@lemmy.ml

yogthos@lemmy.ml

California enslaves 400 prisoners to fight wildfires. (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 10 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) by dessalines@lemmy.ml to c/usa@lemmy.ml

55 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world 21 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Prisoners have limited rights to refuse anything. They are not fairly compensated for theor work and in other states the prisons “loan” prisoners to companies to do work who pay the prisons for this work.

It’s slavery. The USA never banned slavery for prisoners. It’s literally in the 14th amendment.

[–] halykthered@lemmy.ml 10 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Don't bother responding, they're sealioning.

[–] MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world 10 points 8 hours ago

Thank you, I will stop here.