Coloradans voted in 2018 to amend their state constitution to ban forced labor in prison. Years later, incarcerated people are still being punished for refusing work assignments.
Lawmakers want to purge slavery as a punishment for crimes from Ohio s Constitution msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohio lawmakers are mulling whether to abolish slavery as a means of punishment from the state’s constitution. Earlier this month, Reps. Dontavius Jarrells (D-Columbus) and Phil Plummer (R-Dayton) introduced a resolution to eliminate a loophole in the Ohio Constitution – also etched into the U.S. Constitution – that permits slavery or […]
Representative Edmund Jordan of Louisiana along with the Abolish Slavery National Network will be hosting a press conference on Friday May 5, 2023 between