Angola prison in Louisiana is the plantation all over again!

We’re tied to our employers in order to have healthcare. It’s the same thing.

Forced labor, sexual slavery and work farms Our prison system is so brutal even places like China have called it inhumane

📊🤔🇺🇸 This chart should make every American worker stop and think... bsky.app/profile/that...

BS, the prisoners should work off the price for their upkeep!

Yes

Make Gislaine Maxwell a part of the chain gang work crew. Let her pick up garbage, instead of underage girls for a start Otherwise, the incarcerated laborers are working a _form_ of slavery that is outdated. There are better ways to put their tine to use without forced labor.

That loophole in the 13th amendment needs to be eliminated.

Slavery exists in paid labor also, especially when the FEDERAL minimum wage is still $7.25/hr😳

Americans can't understand that they don't live in a real democratic nation. What they have is a corporate oligarchic plutocracy that created the illusion of democracy and freedom when in reality they are one of the most subjugated and exploited ppl in the world. But hey, Murikkka is great isn't it?

Incarcerated prison labor has an ignominious history, which at times was intertwined with slavery. But, the practice, in itself should not be equated with what is by far the greater evil, actual slavery.

prison should be about rehabilitation. not private companies making money or cheap labour.

I have lived through advances in laborer rights through the efforts of unions, belonged, was a steward and bargained. No kings!

There are more out right slaves than ever before in history.

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And Definitely Ban Private Prisons.

Forced labor in prisons is involuntary servitude. Forced pregnancy, labor and childbirth also is involuntary servitude. Both date back to slavery, when enslaved women were forced to do both, and men and women’s bodies were used for others’ benefit.

Note: Forced labour in ‘for profit’ prisons

This question was even on the ballot in California last November and—shamefully–failed to pass. 😣 apnews.com/article/cali...

Yes, this was shocking. Nobody formally opposed the measure but it still didn't pass.

As a Californian, I was disappointed. Unsurprised, but disappointed nonetheless.

Let's not forget that many, MANY women do child care, cooking, housekeeping etc etc etc for no money at all.

Let’s get rid of for profit prisons, and if you are in prison and taxpayers are paying for you to be there because you’re a danger to society, then fucking put them to work and pay back the taxpayers

Time to #FixThe13th

The $2.13 wage for tipped employees, even with the guaranteed equivalent of $7.25 federal minimum wage is exploitation by owners 🤬 Or Unpaid internships and piece-work !

Do any earnings go to victims?

"A reminder on this Labor Day: Slavery still exists IN THE UNITED STATES in the form of prison labor." FIFY.

And the MANY MANY jobs in USA that do NOT pay a living wage, forcing ppl to work 2-3 jobs just to pay rent and buy low quality foods

It exists in the form of undocumented workers paid below minimum wage

Slavery is a constant in America.

Actual slavery is also still a thing.

America didn’t abolish slavery. It just sent slavery to jail.

…and on farms, housekeepers, gardeners, and backdoor manufacturing plants here too.

Absolutely yes. Fair wages are a human right.

Unionise incarcerated labour. Fucking do it real fucking simple DO IT YOU COWARDS.

If ACLU gives a shit about incarcerated people they would enable them to organise.

the ACLU has no control over this at all??? Maybe the AFL-CIO or something

if they can't do shit then they should shut the fuck up!!!

they can't do anything about anything except participate in lawsuits

They can provide education on how ordinary people can mobilize.

ACLU should follow this thread: bsky.app/profile/pile...

Maybe someone already said this but slavery still exists in the form of wage labour...sorry...wage slavery. Spot on about super-exploitation in prisons...End it!

especially since it doesnt translate to work experience outside of prison

Why do you think Trump is so eager to jail "illegals"? Once the strawberry pickers & meat processors are all in jail, they can be loaned out to farmers & meat processing plants as free labor.

How far do we take it? You are convicted to five years in prison. You have a work requirement. Akin to a high school children needing to do work, including physical labor (gym class). Is this some horrible thing? Yes, chain gangs or the like are abusive. Prison labor can clash with free labor.

Our carceral system does not seem capable of not abusing prisoners. There’s essentially no difference between forced prison labor and slavery. You give a state that power and they consistently abuse it. The comparison to gym class is wild.

The last part is a policy concern. OTOH, prisoners can imho be required to do work, as long as it is not done abusively, which is a general rule for treating prisoners.

Prisons are slavery.

In Ukraine, they say "oligarchs see the workers as the manure that their wealth grows in"

Incarcerated labor and low wage workers !!! 🤬🤬

It also exists throughout the world in a myriad of forms.

FACT!

It’s long overdue to end people making money off of human suffering. Punishment doesn’t work. We need affordable housing, healthcare, education, and jobs that pay a livable wage. You’d be surprised how behavior changes when people aren’t desperate. No one is born bad.

The departments in charge of inmates are named Dept of Corrections/Rehabilitation. They do neither. They provide nothing to help lives be turned around or address why inmates resorted to crime. Zero incentive for private prisons since they make money when full. Private prisons should not exist.

You always deal with the root cause of the issues. That solves the problems.

There’s a misconception that kids don’t remember. The brain starts making neural connections ~ wk 25 in utero. Everything impacts them. It may not be in their conscious mind but 90% of behavior sits in the subconscious. We’re failing miserably at raising our nations kids Dopamine is my favorite 😍

Another surprise

It’s crazy..study upon study have shown punishment doesn’t work. We have more prisoners per capita than any other country. Once a brain is wired a certain way it takes immense effort to change. When kids are sent to juvenile detention we’ve failed at home, in school, & our healthcare. It’s maddening

And while we were unaware(because who tf thinks that’s a good idea) local judges and police creating their very own middle/high school-to-prison pipeline. www.wkrn.com/news/rutherf... en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_fo...

That just enrages me..we are failing as a nation. Not only are we improperly addressing bad behavior we are creating future prisoners. The brain isn’t transactional. It predicts behavior based on past experience & our behavioral “operating system” is defined when we’re kids. It’s infuriating.

And, to a person, they will claim to be “Pro-life” with a straight face.

I actually blame the misinterpretation of the Bible. They’ve been forcing it into every aspect of American life since Brown v BoE. It justifies their bad decisions. They believe god sent his only son to earth which allows them to break the 10 rules he said not to break. It makes zero sense.

Prison abolition

Forced labor in prisons is slavery and is the only slavery that is still legal under the Coonstitution.