https://nitter.net/FOX13Memphis/status/1590208198857850880?t=Bgt8SD3hdqSFN9_OLTPKyA&s=19

  • edwardligma [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    my "we will now stop enslaving people as punishment" law has people asking a lot of questions already answered by the law

    • knifestealingcrow [any]
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      2 years ago

      From what I saw the wording just gets rid of the "except as punishment for a crime" part of the 13th amendment, but doesn't actually stop prisons from using inmates for labor or paying them below minimum

      Disclaimer: also not a yank, not citing my sources, i could be wrong

  • old_goat [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    So this just means prisoners in Tennessee will be paid 13 cents to 52 cents an hour now, right?

  • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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    2 years ago

    :JB-shining-aggro:

    For a second, I thought the "JB" stood for JB Pritzker and I was very confused.