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Flipboard<p>American prisons run on forced labor. For <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@bolts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bolts</span></a></span>, historian Robert Chase answered reader questions about the legal basis for paying incarcerated people below minimum wage, whether the Americans with Disabilities Act applies in these circumstances, who has the authority to stop prison labor, and more. </p><p><a href="https://boltsmag.org/the-past-and-present-of-prison-labor-your-questions-answered/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">boltsmag.org/the-past-and-pres</span><span class="invisible">ent-of-prison-labor-your-questions-answered/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prison</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/PrisonLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonLabor</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ModernSlavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ModernSlavery</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/USNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USNews</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newstodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewstodonFriday</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FollowFriday</span></a></p>
David August<p>End legal slavery in the US. </p><p>“And though members of Congress denounce imported goods made with prison labor in places like China’s Xinjiang province, the offices of many government agencies in Washington and elsewhere are stocked with furniture and supplies made by prisoners in this country.” </p><p>“Labor that people have no meaningful right to refuse and that is enforced under conditions of total control is, unquestionably, slavery.” </p><p>Gift link: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/19/opinion/juneteenth-slavery-prison.html?unlocked_article_code=1.000.5voK.6Q7-8r38nFpk&amp;smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2024/06/19/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/juneteenth-slavery-prison.html?unlocked_article_code=1.000.5voK.6Q7-8r38nFpk&amp;smid=url-share</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Juneteenth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Juneteenth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PrisonLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonLabor</span></a></p>
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