Though they make at least $7.25 an hour, the state siphons 40 percent off the top of all wages and also levies fees, including $5 a day for rides to their jobs and $15 a month for laundry
Though they make at least $7.25 an hour, the state siphons 40 percent off the top of all wages and also levies fees, including $5 a day for rides to their jobs and $15 a month for laundry
The text of the 13th amendment:
Section 1. 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.
Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
It allows for slavery for convicted people. You may be interested in this video
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j4kI2h3iotA (neoslavery by knowing better)
Oh I know. It’s fucking awful. Slavery is state sanctioned.
Frederick Douglass’ writing on poverty being enforced continues to be super relevant