People are being enslaved in U.S. prisons. These are their letters.

Featuring hundreds of letters collected by the #EndTheException campaign, this archive is a testament to the courageous resilience of the 800,000 incarcerated workers forced to labor and a record of the continuation of slavery in the U.S.

https://letters.endtheexception.com/

The Cost of Slavery

> ... 159 years later, the exception still affects millions of people behind bars across the country. Every year, roughly 800,000 incarcerated people, disproportionately Black and brown, are forced to work for pennies an hour or no pay at all. If they refuse, they are threatened with additional punishment, such as the denial of parole, solitary confinement, and the loss of family visits.

https://worthrises.org/blogpost/2024/4/16/the-cost-of-slavery

#EndTheException

The #13thAmendment ended slavery in the U.S., except for incarcerated people.

Across the country, this exception in the 13th Amendment would perpetuate a system wherein financial incentives were used to criminalize people and force them to work for the profit of others.

Labor in U.S. jails, prisons, and detention centers should be voluntary and people who work while incarcerated should be paid a fair wage. This #MayDay, it’s critical that we work to #EndTheException: https://www.vera.org/news/close-new-yorks-legalized-sweatshops-and-end-slavery-once-and-for-all

Is Forced Prison Labor Really Slavery?

https://youtu.be/zlQZJtY1o0o

#labor #slavery #prison #EndTheException #WorthRises #DrPhil

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In the same 24 hours, scotus made abortion illegal in half the country and the Senate of the largest, most "progressive" state in the Union confirmed that yes, they would like to keep prison slavery in place. That's sitting heavy with me today. #ACA3 #RoeVsWade #EndTheException

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/RoshanBliss/status/1540525520118599681