Supes Back Call To Remove 'Involuntary Servitude' Clause From State Constitution
Bay City News Service
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SAN FRANCISCO (BCN)
San Francisco Supervisor Matt Haney and Board of Supervisors President Shamann Walton on Thursday lent their support to a growing movement to strike a clause from the California Constitution allowing for "involuntary servitude" as a form of punishment.
Currently, the state constitution allows for involuntary servitude for the punishment of a crime.
According to Haney's office, the clause was modeled after the U.S. Constitution's 13th amendment, which prohibited the practice of slavery by private citizens and instead transferred the power to state and federal governments in the form of involuntary servitude as punishment for crimes.