Prison advocates throughout the United States are pushing to make prison work voluntary, and some say the practices violate the Constitution's ban on slavery.
The nation’s racial reckoning of the past few years has prompted a reevaluation of penal labor as a legacy of slavery, spurring people to question whether incarcerated people should be required to work in 2022. Activists are pressing for an end to work requirements or, if they continue, for higher wages.
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