8mo ago

Anti-slavery measure Prop. 6 fails, allowing forced labor to continue in California prisons

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And expansion of rent control. And a minimum wage hike.
I voted to get all three taken care of, none passed.
Oh, but Prop 36 passed, so more people can potentially become prison slaves.
- Oh and 34 which will ensure that HIV/AIDS orgs, like those that supported prop 33, will not be able to engage in political advocacy. This has truly been a garbage election with garbage people supporting garbage policies or refusing to stand against garbage.
  
  Yeah 34 was essentially a hit on one particular AIDS foundation in LA that's politically active. Landlord associations took offense and went after them with 34
  Check this shit out: https://calmatters.org/california-voter-guide-2024/propositions/prop-34-patient-spending/
  As usual voters fell for the packaging rather than actually reading about the effects.
So what happens if you just don't work? how is it being forced?
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_labor_in_the_United_States#Modern_prison_labor_systems
  It's bad.
  Alabama: Inmates that refuse to labor face a range of consequences, including solitary confinement and extensions of their sentences.
  Florida: Inmates in Florida are forced to perform labor, often under threat of solitary confinement and beatings. These inmates are not paid for the labor they’re made to perform, and unsatisfactory performance can also lead to solitary confinement. In one instance, a prisoner working as a barber was sent to solitary for dropping a hair clipper, while in another, a woman who suffered a breakdown and refused to clean a set of toilets was beaten to the point of full body paralysis.
  Louisiana: Refusal to work can be met with solitary confinement and physical beatings.
  New York: The jobs inmates are mandated to work range from mundane ones such as tailoring and taxi driving, to more hazardous ones as lead paint and asbestos removal. Inadequate work and/or refusal to work can be punished with beatings.
  
  "Punished with beating"
  I'm sorry ? WHAT ? This is so fucked up…
  
  Other countries should sanction US goods and services made with such labor like they do for Chinese goods made with forced labor. I won't hold my breath though, the world at large was clearly never too upset about the forced labor part or something would have already been done about this.
- how is it being forced?
  Go rewatch Cool Hand Luke.
Hey, maybe Californians wanted to see convicted Maga terrorists having to work in labor camps. 🤷‍♂️
- Slavery is wrong, period.
- Trump is going to pardon and release those terrorists back into society anyway.
  
  Can't pardon for state crimes
  
  I doubt he cares that much. They've served their purpose for him.

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