Prison labor has been around for a while. It come from a loophole in the 13th Amendment:
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
The Clintons used to do this back when Bull was governor of Arkansas.
It has. But Californians hate it. But they benefit from it. So there's your hypocrisy.
I think people working any job that you'd put a firefighter in is fine. They should be safe but not exempt from the hard work which can be done away from the fire front.
Is it "slave labor" if they volunteer to fight fires for a reduced sentence?
Prison labor has been around for a while. It come from a loophole in the 13th Amendment:
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
The Clintons used to do this back when Bull was governor of Arkansas.
It has. But Californians hate it. But they benefit from it. So there's your hypocrisy.
I think people working any job that you'd put a firefighter in is fine. They should be safe but not exempt from the hard work which can be done away from the fire front.
No they don't.
California Proposition 6, Remove Involuntary Servitude as Punishment for Crime Amendment (2024)
Californians voted 53.34% to 46.66% just last year that labor is acceptable as a form of punishment.
Alabama, Oregon, Tennessee, Vermont, Nebraska, Utah, and Colorado all cucked on it though.