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A comment on Broward Co. to vacate convictions for buying crack made by Sheriff's Office. Parent comment

Re:Broward Co. to vacate convictions for buying crack made b... by froh on Monday December 09, 2024 @05:37AM (#42364834)
forced labor in prisons, prison factories are a business model. you need workers there. can't call them slaves any more, but that's what they are. young, strong and _not_ free to go. perfect, business wise.
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Re:Broward Co. to vacate convictions for buying crack made b... by TheSalarian on Tuesday December 10, 2024 @10:41AM (#42377866)
No, you definitely can still call them slaves. From the text of the US 13th Amendment:

> 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.

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Re:Broward Co. to vacate convictions for buying crack made b... by froh on Tuesday December 10, 2024 @02:25PM (#42380424)
uh oh didn't the US sign the UN charter of human rights? maybe they didn't. but then, who cares, under the emperor of the new Reich...
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