| ▲ | ivell 6 hours ago | |
> Being forced to work on top of that is the slavery. Why is it not part of the punishment? I think it is dependent upon interpretation. Otherwise arresting and locking up can be interpreted as kidnapping and so on. I do agree that they should be fairly compensated though. | ||
| ▲ | blooalien 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
> Why is it not part of the punishment? Indeed it is part of the punishment. As an earlier comment in this thread points out from the 13th amendment: > "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime" (emphasis added by me) | ||
| ▲ | insane_dreamer 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
> I do agree that they should be fairly compensated though. They're not. That's why it's slavery. And slavery of prisoners is permitted by the Constitution, which is the main point here. | ||