The #13thAmendment ended slavery in the U.S., except for incarcerated people.
Across the country, this exception in the 13th Amendment would perpetuate a system wherein financial incentives were used to criminalize people and force them to work for the profit of others.
Labor in U.S. jails, prisons, and detention centers should be voluntary and people who work while incarcerated should be paid a fair wage. This #MayDay, it’s critical that we work to #EndTheException: https://www.vera.org/news/close-new-yorks-legalized-sweatshops-and-end-slavery-once-and-for-all
#EndTheException #MayDay #13thAmendment
The #13thAmendment ended slavery in the U.S., except for incarcerated people.
Across the country, this exception in the 13th Amendment would perpetuate a system wherein financial incentives were used to criminalize people and force them to work for the profit of others.
Labor in U.S. jails, prisons, and detention centers should be voluntary and people who work while incarcerated should be paid a fair wage. This #MayDay, it’s critical that we work to #EndTheException: https://www.vera.org/news/close-new-yorks-legalized-sweatshops-and-end-slavery-once-and-for-all
#EndTheException #MayDay #13thAmendment
The #13thAmendment ended slavery in the U.S., except for incarcerated people.
Across the country, this exception in the 13th Amendment would perpetuate a system wherein financial incentives were used to criminalize people and force them to work for the profit of others.
Labor in U.S. jails, prisons, and detention centers should be voluntary and people who work while incarcerated should be paid a fair wage. This #MayDay, it’s critical that we work to #EndTheException: https://www.vera.org/news/close-new-yorks-legalized-sweatshops-and-end-slavery-once-and-for-all
#EndTheException #MayDay #13thAmendment
Is Forced Prison Labor Really Slavery?
#labor #slavery #prison #EndTheException #WorthRises #DrPhil
#labor #slavery #prison #EndTheException #worthrises #drPhil
@QasimRashid @danirabbit And this is why we have private prisons in many parts of the USA, so that corporations can legally enslave people (overwhelmingly black men, of course) and get their labor for free.
#EndTheException #AbolishPrisonSlavery
https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/27/slavery-loophole-unpaid-labor-in-prisons
#EndTheException #abolishprisonslavery
RT @RoshanBliss@twitter.com
In the same 24 hours, scotus made abortion illegal in half the country and the Senate of the largest, most "progressive" state in the Union confirmed that yes, they would like to keep prison slavery in place. That's sitting heavy with me today. #ACA3 #RoeVsWade #EndTheException
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/RoshanBliss/status/1540525520118599681
#EndTheException #roevswade #ACA3
RT @RoshanBliss@twitter.com
In the same 24 hours, scotus made abortion illegal in half the country and the Senate of the largest, most "progressive" state in the Union confirmed that yes, they would like to keep prison slavery in place. That's sitting heavy with me today. #ACA3 #RoeVsWade #EndTheException
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/RoshanBliss/status/1540525520118599681
#ACA3 #roevswade #EndTheException
RT @RoshanBliss
In the same 24 hours, scotus made abortion illegal in half the country and the Senate of the largest, most "progressive" state in the Union confirmed that yes, they would like to keep prison slavery in place. That's sitting heavy with me today. #ACA3 #RoeVsWade #EndTheException
#ACA3 #roevswade #EndTheException