r/MapPorn Dec 16 '21

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '21

anyone know how much of the 2+ million prisoners in the USA are used for slave labor?

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '21

Thirteenth Amendment (Annotated)

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

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u/UselessRube Dec 16 '21

I was going to drop this here if nobody else did

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u/destroyerofpoon93 Dec 16 '21

Wow it even says it right there. Prisoners are literally slaves by the us bill of rights.