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How is this constitutional?
13th Amendment Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted , shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Edit: reading the article, these people have failed to pay the fines associated with criminal convictions.
Strange that she decided to have three kids when she could barely even manage her finances.
Strange that she decided to have three kids when she could barely even manage her finances.
From what I understand there are a metric fuckton of people imprisoned for inability to pay child support, so I'd say debtor prisons aren't limited to Mississippi.
The more I read about "justice" in the US the more I realise how fucked up and perverted the concept of justice is in that country. We're always quick to criticise other countries for the failings or bad design of their justice system and lack of respect for human rights, but are we much better? We might be better on paper, but is that actually reflected in reality? I'm not so sure.
Generally yes.
Worldwide the bar is not high.
The more I read about "justice" in the US the more I realise how fucked up and perverted the concept of justice is in that country. We're always quick to criticise other countries for the failings or bad design of their justice system and lack of respect for human rights, but are we much better? We might be better on paper, but is that actually reflected in reality? I'm not so sure.
>but are we much better? Generally yes. Worldwide the bar is not high.
United States represents about 4.4 percent of the world's population, it houses around 22 percent of the world's prisoners. So yay go USA!
From what I understand there are a metric fuckton of people imprisoned for inability to pay child support, so I'd say debtor prisons aren't limited to Mississippi.
People in other states who are imprisoned for inability to pay child support, etc. are released at the end of a finite sentence; they are not held indefinitely until they pay off an ever-increasing debt to the state at a low wage job. That's what defines debtors prisons.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
>but are we much better? Generally yes. Worldwide the bar is not high.
Only if you consider having the highest percentage of population in incarcerated as winning. United States represents about 4.4 percent of the world's population, it houses around 22 percent of the world's prisoners. So yay go USA!
Earlier quoted context omitted.
>but are we much better? Generally yes. Worldwide the bar is not high.
Only if you consider having the highest percentage of population in incarcerated as winning. United States represents about 4.4 percent of the world's population, it houses around 22 percent of the world's prisoners. So yay go USA!
The more I read about "justice" in the US the more I realise how fucked up and perverted the concept of justice is in that country. We're always quick to criticise other countries for the failings or bad design of their justice system and lack of respect for human rights, but are we much better? We might be better on paper, but is that actually reflected in reality? I'm not so sure.