Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands
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The Associated Press found goods linked to prisoners wind up in the supply chains of everything from Frosted Flakes to Coca-Cola.

Slavery never left it just got rebranded.

The Thirteenth Amendment needs to be amended.

Per Wikipedia: The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. The amendment was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, by the House of Representatives on January 31, 1865, and ratified by the required 27 of the then 36 states on December 6, 1865, and proclaimed on December 18, 1865. It was the first of the three Reconstruction Amendments adopted following the American Civil War.

      • boonhet@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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        4 days ago

        Even the punishment for possessing black people cocaine vs white people cocaine is ridiculous. The former used to be a mandatory 5 year sentence, the latter you could walk away with a probation. Fair sentencing act reduced the discrepancy a bit, but not completely IIRC.

          • roofuskit@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            4 days ago

            Correct. In fact the south almost immediately turned to convict leasing. They could round up and convict black men for pretty much any reason they could think of. Typically “vagrancy,” aka not having a job. And they re-enslaved them quite legally. Keep in mind black people were not permitted to stand as witnesses in pretty much any courtroom of the time. It did not matter if any charges made were accurate, conviction was pretty much assured.