Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Prison Labor Hypocrisy

According to this report, China produces US sportswear in prison camps:

https://apnews.com/99016849cddb4b99a048b863b52c28cb

But it is a seldom publicized fact the US does much the same thing:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/20/prison-labor-protest-america-jailhouse-lawyers-speak

We excuse our prison labor through the language of the 13th Amendment, but it is the equivalent of slavery nonetheless.

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