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Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands (apnews.com)
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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

slavery, its called slavery

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's slavery with extra steps, you make up laws that allow you to imprison a particular demographic and then you use that demographic as slave labor.

[–] clever_banana@lemmy.today 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I mean when slavery in the US was going to be ended they explicitly said that slavery could continue legally in prisons

[–] clever_banana@lemmy.today 1 points 8 months ago

Enshrined in the Constitution by the 13th Amendment, slavery and involuntary servitude are banned – except as punishment for a crime.

The article did call it slavery

[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 3 points 8 months ago

Let me guess, Tyson, Nestle, Kraft, Yum...

[–] clever_banana@lemmy.today 2 points 8 months ago

They are on the shelves of virtually every supermarket in the country, including Kroger, Target, Aldi and Whole Foods.

Is there really no supermarkets in the US that have policies for modern day slavery?