Slavery is constitutionally legal in the US if it’s punishment for a crime. Larger corporations use inmates for cheap manual labor. How do I, a small business owner, legally acquire inmates to work in my shop? The interns and part-time teen workers just aren’t cutting it.

      • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Specifically, the 13th amendment, which abolished* slavery:

        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.