pelahnar:ultrareginarules:superunfriendlyreminder:Literally didn’t know thisHigh prison rates with p
pelahnar:ultrareginarules:superunfriendlyreminder:Literally didn’t know thisHigh prison rates with pennies paid for prison labour is modern day slavery. She’s right it never ended they just changed the name. This is why poc get jailtime and hefty sentences while white people doing the exact same thing get warnings or a fine or a suspended sentence. It has the added “benefit” of disenfranchising poc voters. Absolutely disgusting.Also, the exact words of Section 1 of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States:“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.” Emphasis mine.Slavery has literally never been completely illegal in the U.S, because the prison system is legal slavery. -- source link