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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 Ray Harvey California Black Media Samual Nathaniel Brown said he is n...
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