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Slavery in Louisiana's prisons? This lawmaker wants voters to outlaw forced labor for good


Slavery in Louisiana s prisons? This lawmaker wants voters to outlaw forced labor for good
Blake Paterson
A state lawmaker said Wednesday that slavery is alive and well in Louisiana s prison system and put forward legislation that would ask voters to abolish forced labor practices for good.
House Bill 196, sponsored by Rep. Edmond Jordan, D-Brusly, proposes amending the state s Constitution to make involuntary servitude illegal in all cases. Louisiana s Constitution currently bans the practice except when used as punishment for those convicted of a crime.
Louisiana s prisoners do all sorts of work, often for only a few cents an hour, ranging from agricultural labor at Angola  itself a former slave plantation to janitorial work at the State Capitol and Governor s Mansion. ....

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He wants to kick Jim Crow out of the California Constitution


Dorsey Nunn knows more about one particular line in the California Constitution than anyone would ever want to. It’s the line that harkens back to the dark days after the Civil War, the one that bans slavery more or less.
“Slavery is prohibited,” says Article 1, Section 6 of the Constitution, the set of fundamental principles that defines what this state stands for. “Involuntary servitude is prohibited except to punish crime.”
The 69-year-old spent a decade behind bars for a 1971 robbery in which his accomplice killed a man. At San Quentin State Prison, he mixed chemicals for detergents that cleaned California’s tunnels and highways and hefted 50-pound sacks for later delivery. Two of his brothers were in prison at the same time. ....

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