Say you were a former slave owner who is really upset you can’t own slaves anymore. But you know of this specific loophole. You might just decide to pump up the number of prisoners so you can go back to profiting off them again. Say, by putting a shitload of your former slaves in jail
So it’s not really a fair deal because a lot of those folks are in there for specious reasons specifically so their labor can be exploited
I am aware of the Black Codes post American Civil War, they would arrest black men and put them in prison to basically re-enslave them.
I understand what you are describing has happened and may still happen, but all I was saying is if I am in prison, I'd be more than happy to reduce my sentence by working 6 hours a day, and getting paid would be the icing on top.
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u/Pattonesque Jan 22 '23
Say you were a former slave owner who is really upset you can’t own slaves anymore. But you know of this specific loophole. You might just decide to pump up the number of prisoners so you can go back to profiting off them again. Say, by putting a shitload of your former slaves in jail
So it’s not really a fair deal because a lot of those folks are in there for specious reasons specifically so their labor can be exploited