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[–] yamanii@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Damn I thought private prisons were a loophole and not in the constitution to punish people with slave labor.

[–] Fidel_Cashflow@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Since the days the first settlers landed here, the backbone of the US economy has been forced labor. It's only natural that we would enshrine it in our constitution.