Summary
Alabama profits from a vast prison labor system, earning over $250 million since 2000 by leasing incarcerated workers to private companies like McDonald’s and Home Depot.
While inmates earn at least $7.25/hour, the state deducts 40% plus additional fees, leaving many with only $100-$200 weekly.
Inmates working outside prisons face risks, including unsafe conditions and lack of oversight, leading to fatalities like a recent van crash that killed two prisoners.
Critics argue this system exploits incarcerated workers, many denied parole despite holding jobs deemed too dangerous for release.
Advocates call for fair pay, workplace rights, and reform.
Amendment 13:
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
And we wonder how America is just so, so, so great.
Yeah but I think in that instance it’s meant to pay restitution off at some level VS being denied parole so you can exploit their labor
Edit: also SUPER fucked that their is a private entity profiting off this instead of the profits being added to the local community.
I thought they only got 30 cents an hour or some such
Pretty sure that’s thinly veiled slavery
13th amendment says that slavery’s abolished.
Except for people convicted of a crime.
It’s not veiled at all. And with the state taking 40% of their minimum wage, they’re still doing better than most prison slaves.
Hmmm, so on one hand, is working at McDonald’s as bad prison jobs? Or the irony of not being hired post release at McDonald’s even though possibly 5 - 10 yrs of experience