The president pointed out that “we still have a problem with Covid,” but he also conceded to the reality he had witnessed at the convention. “If you notice, no one’s wearing masks,” Biden told Pelley. “Everybody seems to be in pretty good shape.”
In his 10 years behind bars, Dorsey Nunn says he was an inmate and a slave because he was forced to work for little to no money.
Prison reform advocates believe that the use of forced labor as punishment for inmates is rooted in antebellum slavery. On the national front, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Ga., last year proposed an Abolition Amendment to remove the exception for slavery in the Constitution. On Monday, WilliamsThis content is not available due to your privacy preferences.
The prison labor system is a multibillion dollar industry and most Americans can’t see what happens behind prison walls. “There's a shocking, low understanding by the population at large about conditions in prison,” Bisnauth said. “Polling done by nonprofits [has] shown that people think that people in prison are making minimum wage or something close to minimum wage. But on average prisoners are paidAn inmate sews uniforms at a New York state prison in Brocton, N.Y.
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