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Representative Edmund Jordan of Louisiana along with the Abolish Slavery National Network will be hosting a press conference on Friday May 5, 2023 between

There’s a glaring loophole in the U.S. 13th Amendment: incarcerated Americans can be slaves of the state. Four states recently amended their constitutions to ban unpaid prison labor — but a similar proposal in Florida now isn't moving forward, with lawmakers citing a climate of political fear over race-related issues in the state.

Assemblymember Lori Wilson (D-Suisun City) has picked up the baton to carry on the fight to eradicate the phrase “involuntary servitude except as a punishment to crime” from California’s Constitution.

Samual Nathaniel Brown said he is not surprised that Assemblymember Lori Wilson (D-Suisun City) picked up the baton to carry on the fight to eradicate the phrase “involuntary servitude except as a punishment to crime” from California’s Constitution. This time around, Brown, Wilson and other supporters of the End Slavery in California Act say they are determined to retire the constitutional clause that allows labor imposed on felons as criminal punishment in California prisons. | By Antonio...

Hundreds of thousands of incarcerated people work in US prisons as part of their sentences, often without basic protections and for little to no pay

After four out of five states passed a constitutional amendment banning slavery this year, abolitionists say they have hope more states will soon follow.

By AARON MORRISONAP National Writer

Voters in four states have approved ballot measures that will change their state constitutions to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crime

Voters in five states are deciding whether to close loopholes that allowed convict labor as an exception to slavery.

A Majority Vote Would Amend the State Constitution 
To Prohibit the Practice of Involuntary Servitude