"except as punishment for a crime"
many states (funnily enough, most of the blue ones) make forced labor involuntary for inmates. You can choose to work for pennies a day, or live in 'the hole' with no human interactions (the worst long term torture possible to humans)
The 13th amendment abolished involuntary servitude except as punishment for a crime. Criminals should be doing dangerous, dirty, and low paying jobs until they actually pay off their debts to society. If they never get released, oh well.
"except as punishment for a crime" many states (funnily enough, most of the blue ones) make forced labor involuntary for inmates. You can choose to work for pennies a day, or live in 'the hole' with no human interactions (the worst long term torture possible to humans)
So if that’s the case then what else should be done to make them pay back their debt if they’re already being made to work
The 13th amendment abolished involuntary servitude except as punishment for a crime. Criminals should be doing dangerous, dirty, and low paying jobs until they actually pay off their debts to society. If they never get released, oh well.
Lawyer would probably argue something about cruel and unusual punishment