Felon Disenfranchisement

[*michaelsean*]

(04-18-2018, 04:19 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: You are correct. Slavery and involuntary servitude are unconstitutional, except for punishment for a crime. This is one of the things that fuels the mass incarceration industry in the US. Enslaved citizens providing us with potatoes, making skimpy undies for our women, sorting our recycling, etc.


Interesting to note is that we do not have a positive right to vote from the constitution. The right to vote is protected from specific infringements, but as long as the states do not use these specific reasons to deny someone the right to vote they have free reign.

I don't mind inmates doing work for the prison say growing food or making furniture, and doing work for the state like making government furniture, but I am opposed to selling their labor to any private company or for that matter having private prisons. Prisons should never be for someone to make a profit.