Three legislators are working to abolish the so-called slavery loophole in the U.S. Constitution ahead of Juneteenth.
June 15, 2023, 2:01 PMThree legislators are working to abolish the so-called slavery loophole in the U.S. Constitution ahead of Juneteenth, which marks the day in 1865 when the last enslaved African Americans learned they were free.
According to the Bianca Tylek, a criminal justice advocate working in tandem with legislators, the amendment is about ending the system and to "re-affirm the dignity and humanity" of incarcerated people. The U.S. incarcerates more of its population than any other nation, according to the criminal justice research organization the“Nearly 160 years after the 13th Amendment was ratified, the evil remnants of slavery persist in the U.S., embedded in the heart of our Constitution,” said Merkley in a statement to ABC News.He continued, “To live up to our nation’s promise of justice for all, we must take a long overdue step towards those principles by removing the loophole in our ban on slavery.
However, Tylek said the implications of the removal of the exception on prison labor are still up for debate.
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