Isn't jail just slavery according to the 13th amendment? Iirc at least.
The prison complex doesn't want you to call it that, but yes. The 13th amendment makes a specific exception for slavery if the person is imprisoned. That's why prisoners "work" for way below minimum wage in a variety of jobs that they probably didn't choose. Not to mention that the majority of prisoners are people of color...
I was curious how many people in prison are forced to work. If this source is correct, it's about 2/3. But the conditions of that work are apparently worse than I'd thought. Here's the original report (posted last year) and an article with a summary. Correction is welcome if this is inaccurate ◉‿◉
I'm not at all excusing it, but don't prisoners technically get paid for their work? It's just some horrifically pathetic wage like $0.50/hr or something like that.
Earning a pittance doesn't mean they're not slaves. They're slaves because they can't quit. Prisoners have basically zero agency in their lives.
Slavery doesn't have anything to do with compensation. Slavery is about the absence of choice.
You are not wrong
Worker's rights, unions, and the choice to quit...
Well in the US it is I guess
this is actually my plan (minus the sex 3 times a day of course) for later in my life, ideally without the going to prison part.
Your "plan" is to not live with your parents, read books, and workout? Feel free to get started, boss.
It's funny and all, but you have to work in a real prison. Just like you do in the office. The difference is that by the end of the day you leave the office and enjoy your hard earned money. But when you're working in prison, you are still in prison by the end of the day. And you don't get money, because fuck you, that's why.
