• bhmnscmm@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      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.

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        9 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.