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Re:Apple’s longtime supplier accused of using forced labor i... by YawningAngel on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @01:13PM (#25572847)
It isn't clear to me that prison labour in the US is meaningfully distinct from slavery
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Re:Apple’s longtime supplier accused of using forced labor i... by dpifke on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @02:01PM (#25573425)
It isn't, which is why the 13th amendment (which bans other forms of slavery) explicitly permits it.

Some members from both houses of Congress have recently proposed a constitutional amendment to change this:

https://www.merkley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/The%20Abolition...

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Re:Apple’s longtime supplier accused of using forced labor i... by bigbubba on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @01:27PM (#25573040)
Because it isn't. It's distinct from chattel slavery, which is not the only form of slavery. Bonded labor is the most common form of slavery today, and is also not chattel slavery.
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Re:Apple’s longtime supplier accused of using forced labor i... by throwaway201103 on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @02:11PM (#25573546)
Except for the due process trial, conviction, and sentencing.
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Re:Apple’s longtime supplier accused of using forced labor i... by downrightmike on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @04:41PM (#25575389)
yeah, that's the way it is justified, repaying debts to society.
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