[–] JohnPaulJones 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
When you go to prison you are "serving time". It is justified firmly under the 13th amendment. The reason this language is in the amendment is to ensure that the practice of involuntary internment is still legal after the abolition of slavery. While I understand complaints about for profit prisons this is not how to address this. Every word in our constitution has enormous consequences. While you might read it one way, others will read it another. We should never seek to change the constitution lightly and any such changes must be highly scrutinized. As far as being in prison without being a slave, no they can't. Even if prisons are turned into paradise, stays there would still be by definition involuntary servitude.
[–] SeanBox [S] ago
Have you heard about the nationwide prison strike that started September 9th. It was the largest coordinated prison strike in our planets history and MSM suppressed it. Full disclosure, I'm the mod of the prison strike subreddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/PrisonStrike/
[–] JohnPaulJones 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Nope also non sequitur. I am all for prison and legal reform. We probably have more in common than you would think. That being said changing the constitution to functionally outlaw the prison system is not the answer.