Truthout reports the horrors of prison slavery and how incarcerated people continue to be exploited under the prison industrial [...]
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How the 13th Amendment exception perpetuates prison slavery
The Exception Clause, also known as the Punishment Clause, of the U.S. Constitution’s 13th Amendment means that involuntary servitude [...]
Legal loophole allows child labor exploitation in the U.S.
In the United States, school aged children are not protected by labor laws if they work in agriculture which increases exploitation risks.
Child labor law rollbacks disguised as “parental rights”
Back in the 1930s the federal government banned children from working in occupations deemed “particularly hazardous” for youth. But [...]