dazerl@lemmy.worldBanned to Work Reform@lemmy.world · vor 5 MonatenAlabama is forcing incarcerated people to work at hundreds of companies, including McDonald’s & Wendy’s. Unionizing is illegal. The state takes 40% of wages.cdn.imgchest.comvideomessage-square124linkfedilinkarrow-up11.07Karrow-down110
arrow-up11.06Karrow-down1videoAlabama is forcing incarcerated people to work at hundreds of companies, including McDonald’s & Wendy’s. Unionizing is illegal. The state takes 40% of wages.cdn.imgchest.comdazerl@lemmy.worldBanned to Work Reform@lemmy.world · vor 5 Monatenmessage-square124linkfedilink
minus-squarechicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·vor 5 MonatenThe video gets into this a bit; what the workers are threatened with for not working is stuff like being put in a more dangerous environment and not being able to see their families.
minus-squareUltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·vor 5 MonatenSounds cruel and unusual
minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·vor 5 MonatenDefinitely cruel but not at all unusual. And as SCOTUS has determined, a punishment has to be both cruel and unusual to be unconstitutional.
The video gets into this a bit; what the workers are threatened with for not working is stuff like being put in a more dangerous environment and not being able to see their families.
Sounds cruel and unusual
Definitely cruel but not at all unusual. And as SCOTUS has determined, a punishment has to be both cruel and unusual to be unconstitutional.