• Alsephina@lemmy.ml
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      8 months ago

      True, it’s still very much practiced in US prisons. Should’ve specified “officially” ig.

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        8 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.