Yes. Oddly, we are not taught about the 13th Amendment in school. Oh, they touch on it- 'Hey, LOOK! Lincoln ended slavery with the 13th Amendment! But, don't actually read the clause, just take our word for it.'

So, what does the 13th Amendment actually say? Let's take a look-

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.

HOLY SHIT!!! That's a pretty big hole. Actually, it's not a hole, it completely obliterated anything resembling an end to slavery. There was never an end to slavery, nor was there meant to be an end to slavery. Lincoln was a fraud, let's not forget- in the end, he was a lawyer and a politician, two of the most vile professions in America. If Lincoln truly wanted to end slavery he would never have allowed that glaring exception. Was he so naive that he thought a 'loophole' like that would not be abused? I think not. I refuse to give him a pass like that, especially considering the destroyed lives that can be directly laid at his feet.

With that said, the 13th Amendment needs to be amended. The 13th Amendment is at the core of the disgusting private prison industry. Eliminate that exception, and the private prison industry goes away. Then we need to address Global-Tel Link and Aramark. The profit-sharing plan between jails/prisons and the private companies needs to end yesterday. They are literally stealing money from the poorest and most disenfranchised people in our society. The vast majority of people in jails and prisons are there for non-violent drug crimes; they should not be in jail. It's beyond outrageous that CCA, Geo Group, Aramark and Global-Tel Link have so compromised our system that they are making billions of dollars from jailing people who should not be there.

Aramark purposely feeds inedible food to prisoners so that the prisoners have to order canteen just to mai...

Yes. Oddly, we are not taught about the 13th Amendment in school. Oh, they touch on it- 'Hey, LOOK! Lincoln ended slavery with the 13th Amendment! But, don't actually read the clause, just take our word for it.'

So, what does the 13th Amendment actually say? Let's take a look-

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.

HOLY SHIT!!! That's a pretty big hole. Actually, it's not a hole, it completely obliterated anything resembling an end to slavery. There was never an end to slavery, nor was there meant to be an end to slavery. Lincoln was a fraud, let's not forget- in the end, he was a lawyer and a politician, two of the most vile professions in America. If Lincoln truly wanted to end slavery he would never have allowed that glaring exception. Was he so naive that he thought a 'loophole' like that would not be abused? I think not. I refuse to give him a pass like that, especially considering the destroyed lives that can be directly laid at his feet.

With that said, the 13th Amendment needs to be amended. The 13th Amendment is at the core of the disgusting private prison industry. Eliminate that exception, and the private prison industry goes away. Then we need to address Global-Tel Link and Aramark. The profit-sharing plan between jails/prisons and the private companies needs to end yesterday. They are literally stealing money from the poorest and most disenfranchised people in our society. The vast majority of people in jails and prisons are there for non-violent drug crimes; they should not be in jail. It's beyond outrageous that CCA, Geo Group, Aramark and Global-Tel Link have so compromised our system that they are making billions of dollars from jailing people who should not be there.

Aramark purposely feeds inedible food to prisoners so that the prisoners have to order canteen just to maintain their weight. The canteen items are marked-up thousands of percentage points.

Global-Tel Link...I fully support exiling every employee to an island with a single phone that will cost them $1000 per minute to call their loved ones, but they won't be able to hear because the reception is like something from 1895. Fucking scum.

The insanity needs to end and the executives and politicians involved all need to go to prison.

Edit- Couple misspelled words. Nothing of substance.

Tried to listen to this pre-coffee... bad idea :D

To be fair, it still costs money to operate an empty prison.