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[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

True, it's still very much practiced in US prisons. Should've specified "officially" ig.

[–] bamboo@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Prison slavery is very official. It’s carved out as legal in the constitution, and it is pretty out in the open. The main thing is that we use a bunch of euphemisms to make the slavers and beneficiaries feel less bad about themselves, but they don’t hide it.