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'This is slavery': U.S. inmates strike
Posted by:
VoteStrike
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Date: December 20, 2016 10:41AM
'This is slavery': U.S. inmates strike
Putting prisoners to work is standard practice, but many states don’t pay them, pointing out that although the 13th Amendment of the Constitution outlaws “involuntary servitude,” it makes an exception for work done “as a punishment for crime.”
The work goes far beyond maintaining the prisons or producing goods for the government. Prison labor often benefits private enterprises.
The Florida Department of Corrections website says that inmates working in jobs serving various state agencies saved residents $45 million in taxes in 2014. “Inmates performed almost 5.4 million hours of work in our communities, valued at more than $76 million,” the site reads.
By some estimates, prison workers save individual states and U.S. companies billions a year in wages.
READ MORE- http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-prison-strike-snap-story.html
Putting prisoners to work is standard practice, but many states don’t pay them, pointing out that although the 13th Amendment of the Constitution outlaws “involuntary servitude,” it makes an exception for work done “as a punishment for crime.”
The work goes far beyond maintaining the prisons or producing goods for the government. Prison labor often benefits private enterprises.
The Florida Department of Corrections website says that inmates working in jobs serving various state agencies saved residents $45 million in taxes in 2014. “Inmates performed almost 5.4 million hours of work in our communities, valued at more than $76 million,” the site reads.
By some estimates, prison workers save individual states and U.S. companies billions a year in wages.
READ MORE- http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-prison-strike-snap-story.html
Re: 'This is slavery': U.S. inmates strike
Posted by:
TWhyu
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Date: December 20, 2016 02:01PM
prisons, even before obama, have paid certain inmates a small ammount so they will have something to start life with when they get out
HOWEVER - to pay their debt to society in real terms is bullshit. You can't pay a family for a murdered mother, and it costs $30,000/yr to keep the killers alive.
Realistically they are not owed shit.
HOWEVER - to pay their debt to society in real terms is bullshit. You can't pay a family for a murdered mother, and it costs $30,000/yr to keep the killers alive.
Realistically they are not owed shit.
Re: 'This is slavery': U.S. inmates strike
Posted by:
7cD7L
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Date: December 20, 2016 02:03PM
they get "prison privelages" if they work, they loose them if they strike
the answer is quite simple: kill others pay the price or die
the answer is quite simple: kill others pay the price or die
Re: 'This is slavery': U.S. inmates strike
Posted by:
VoteStrike
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Date: December 22, 2016 10:34AM
Who's talking about murderers? They lock up people in America just for smoking a joint. You don't need to commit any crime to go to prison in America though..
46,000+ American citizens are currently serving time for crimes that they did not commit
http://www.copsrcorrupt.com/46-000--american-citizens-are-currently-serving-time-for-crimes-that-they-did-not-commit.html
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46,000+ American citizens are currently serving time for crimes that they did not commit
http://www.copsrcorrupt.com/46-000--american-citizens-are-currently-serving-time-for-crimes-that-they-did-not-commit.html
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