None of the proposals would force immediate changes inside the states' prisons, though they could lead to legal challenges related to how they use prison labor, a lasting imprint of slavery's legacy on the entire United States.
This November, versions of the question go before voters in Alabama, Louisiana, Oregon, Tennessee and Vermont. Akbari also had to work with the state Department of Correction to ensure that inmate labor wouldn't be prohibited under her proposal. Scrutiny over prison labor has existed for decades, but the 13th Amendment's loophole in particular encouraged former Confederate states after the Civil War to devise new ways to maintain the dynamics of slavery. They used restrictive measures, known as the "Black codes" because they nearly always targeted Black people, to criminalize benign interactions such as talking too loudly or not yielding on the sidewalk.
Oregon's proposed change repeals its exception clause while adding language allowing a court or probation or parole agency to order alternatives to incarceration as part of sentencing.
Nice clickbait
Come on , you can do better
And you wonder why no one takes you seriously anymore
If somebody didn’t bother to read the article or the comments, from reading the headline you’d really think slavery was making a comeback. No wonder the media is considered fakenews smh.
End income tax = end slavery
Convict labor should be in effect. Why do we need to spend our tax dollars to keep them alive when they can work for it. You wanted to be a criminal, here's your prize.
As CNN’s Don Lemon was recently schooled, reparations for slavery should be paid by those at the beginning of the supply chain who sold their vanquished foes and criminals into slavery on the beaches of Africa. Thousands of British and 100,000s of Americans died to abolish it.
Wtf ………
I quote you, Leanne: 'What?'
Well then charge the prisoners for room and board simple solution
Reported for misleading headline…god I love the reporting feature on here…now I can see why everyone is doing it
There are many sides to this thing we can’t even come to understand. Imagine Correction officers Bailey get paid for what they do. ‼️
I believe you do the crime you pay the time.Problem is if we start paying them where does that money come from our taxes go up even more. We pay for inmates we the people not the states. So think our tax money goes to some who love to commit crimes.
ABC stooping to new lows with fake headlines. Good luck imploding your brand.
Just like President Biden said they (Republicans ) are trying to put black people back in chains! (Try it and see what happens).
Wow that one got passed me
Sensationalized headline. They’re trying to click bait, but judging by these comments it isn’t working. “Slavery is on the ballot to end for good” is a better headline. Gives an accurate depiction of the article’s body. They’re voting to close loopholes to the 13th amendment.
Wtf
What? Is this for real This headline is wrong on soooo many levels!!! Slavery is wrong no matter how you put/use it!!!
Well they should think before they commit the crime,you can just find a job instead of going to prison
Eso nunca se va a terminar, la ESCLAVITUD aún existe en este maldito país, solo que en vez de látigo, ahora es el seguro social, no pagas, no trabajas. ESCLAVITUD MODERNA. que no se laven las manos y se hagan pendejos. 😡
No it’s not…
WHAT ARE YOU TAKING ABOUT?
well then i guess my white nephew who spent 14yrs behind bars was in your words a slave i think he was paying for the crime he committed against another human..but you think what you want !
Really? If someone’s a convicted felon and there upset they have to work for free…..there’s a solution. Dont do crime, easy as that
Must you stoop this low for readership?
DNC media propaganda in full swing for Nov!!! Vote Dems out in Nov!!
Typical misleading headline
Need to bring back public trees and ropes too
wtf
What the hell is wrong with people
Excuse me ? Come again
Doesn't matter. Something wrong is going on.
Slavery is a crime against humanity.
This is way beyond OUT OF CONTEXT!! This is even out of uncle joe beyond context!!!
Slavery is just another title for low paying job with long hours and weekends
This is a horrible headline. This is not it. Whoever made this misleading headline should be fired
I'll take Worst Headline for 100 Alex.
Oh I don’t know pay for their room and board. The cost of prisons
vote yes
Convicts should work with no pay to cover how much we pay for their mistakes.
Wait aren't convicts put in jail to repay for their crimes? It's not a cruise ship where they can socialize, watch TV and be fed for free. Put them in the fields to pick crops so illegals stop coming.
Umm, why would slavery be on the voting ballot?
Very misleading title for an article.
This is what happens when democrats are in charge.
What a ridiculous headline by a “news” outlet! Who’s running ABC7, Joy Reid?
Convicts should do a job in prison and get paid. Then they can pay their room, board and medical.
Vote yes.
Keep WASTING YOUR TIME fighting the civil war that was fought 160 years ago. Your life is more important because it IS si short! Live, and be happy!
Misleading headline. This is about un paid labor to CONVICTS and only a select type of convict too.
u gotta READ the article! slavery NEVER stopped jus changed how THEY do it
What kind of backwards ass shit is going on in this place?!?!?! 😡😠
Didn’t we just vote against this two years ago? Ding dong Dems needs to focus on governing and why my medicine costs too much!
If u didn't see this coming after all of the bs the gop has pulled the past years u ain't as woke as u think u are
What’s the over/under on how much time it takes to delete this?
But both parties are the same. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
Excuse me, what?
Wtf
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