pre-trial detainee forced to do labor sues using anti-slavery amendment

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Man forced to work in jail laundry while awaiting trial sues for "slavery" - Boing Boing

In 2008, Finbar McGarry, a grad student at the University of Vermont, was arrested on gun charges. While he was awaiting trial, his jailers ordered him to work for $0.25 in the jail laundry or be condemned to solitary confinement. He's now suing for violations of his 13th amendment rights, saying that this amounted to slavery. The case was dismissed but that's been overturned by a higher court and is steaming forward. If he wins, it will have huge repercussions for America's jails, where pre-trial prisoners who have not been convicted of any charge are forced into hard labor.

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

Salute this man.

 

[Mr swag]

Dude is right. It is slavery

 

[Poppa_Dock]

he made a quarter though

 

[Brown_Pride]

he made a quarter though

it's not minimum wage though. HE's not a criminal he's still innocent.

Fuk even guilty people shouldn't have to work like that, ALL those costs need to be sent down to the taxpayer so we can really, really see what the cost of jailing people for shyt laws is.

 

[Poppa_Dock]

it's not minimum wage though. HE's not a criminal he's still innocent.

Fuk even guilty people shouldn't have to work like that, ALL those costs need to be sent down to the taxpayer so we can really, really see what the cost of jailing people for shyt laws is.

i was joking

wierd thing is in america there is so much unsolved crime the prison population is probably half of what it should be

i never see american's bring that up though

 

[88m3]

That's what's up

 

[Arcavian]

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