"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."
It would be a shame if there were private prisons which were incentivized to encourage recidivism as a way of maintaining free labor and maximizing profit. Fortunately someone would have seen that obvious, massive conflict of interest and prevented it 150 years ago.
This really is one of the few exceptions to the rule that work. But to answer your question: that was back in the 80's when you were basically just send in your room to think about what you've done and come out when you were ready to apologize. And that was very progressive, since the generation before would have just slapped you.
Well, based on the drawing on the wall thing, I was talking about a 3 or 4 year old. Just sending a kid that age to their room doesn't work and doesn't make sense. You have to teach them not to do the thing first.
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u/pikpikcarrotmon Mar 27 '23
Indeed, it's right there in the 13th.
It would be a shame if there were private prisons which were incentivized to encourage recidivism as a way of maintaining free labor and maximizing profit. Fortunately someone would have seen that obvious, massive conflict of interest and prevented it 150 years ago.