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US prisoners are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands (abcnews.go.com)

submitted 8 months ago by RotatingParts@lemmy.ml to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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[–] Leg@lemmy.world 27 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Slaves. They're slaves.

[–] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Why is it so hard for these fucking journalists to call things for what they are?

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

because they dont want to badmouth the system too much

[–] bhmnscmm@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Section 1 of the 13th amendment.

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.

What a farce.

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Here, you see exactly why we don’t seen release of petty drug possession prisoners, just as few as possible to be performative.

For-profit prisons shouldn’t exist.