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13th Amendment, right? … why exactly, other than to heavily criminalize black peoples for just existing for some reason, did we decide that criminals can be put through slavery? … why do we NEED prison labor???
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Anonymous 2w

Because our government is evil :)

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Anonymous 2w

well cuz freeing slaves didn’t get rid of racism they still hated black people

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Anonymous 2w

Are you saying only black people go to jail?

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Anonymous 2w

What we need is for prisoners to sit in their beds all day twiddling their thumbs or out at recess in the yard. What we do not need is them producing any sort of value for their prisons or society. It’s okay to lock someone in a room for the rest of their life on the taxpayers dime. It’s not okay to assign that same person work, that’s just wrong. Wtf did prisoners ever do to deserve that?

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 2w

True, but apart from that… why do we necessarily HAVE to have prison labor…our prisons produce billions of dollars worth of goods through prison labor… but like is it really necessary to force those people to engage in that labor??? I know we’re talking about criminals, but it feels icky because of our country’s mass incarceration, police brutality, and bigotry issues…

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 2w

I get what you’re saying, but he issue is a) consen b)how little we pay them, if we pay them and c) the effects of incentivizing prisons. Doing this means that people WANT others in prison for more than just crime

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 2w

No, but I was talking about the 13th Amendment was implemented to abolish slavery—with the added BUT of unless they were imprisoned. I mentioned what happened after we implemented the 13th amendment: people being arrested for vagrancy and loitering. These weren’t criminal offenses before the 13th amendment, they made them criminal offenses so that racist cops could put black people in jail and prisons. Nowhere in that statement did I imply that only black people go to jail or prisons.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 2w

See that’s the trick. It never abolished slavery, it just added conditions. The goal was never to abolish slavery

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 2w

Being in prison doesn’t take away that those prisoners are HUMAN BEINGS. Not all of them are in there for violent crimes. I’m not saying that none of them deserve to be in there. I’m asking what the purpose of prison labor is. Why do we need it?

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Anonymous replying to -> og_beer 2w

See I get that, but now it’s been 160 years… and I can’t help but wonder why exactly our country needs the labor of producing the products we get from the prisons… it seems odd and icky.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 2w

Because they’re evil

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Anonymous replying to -> og_beer 2w

True, they are corrupt, greedy, and evil. Our country only takes care of you if you’re rich.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 2w

Still saying only black people do those things that would get them out in jail lmao. Are you really this unaware of your racism?

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 2w

You’re absolutely right. Prisoners are human beings too and assigning human beings work is inhumane. The only thing they should be assigned is a cell that we stick them in for years or for life and a yard to play in. Even the ones who want to work should not be given the option.

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