
Alabama, Tennessee, Vermont, Oregon remove slavery loopholes from constitutions, Louisiana does not
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Citizens in Vermont, Tennessee and Alabama voted to change their constitutions to abolish all forms of slavery in a bid to push prison labor reform.
Ratified in 1865, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude in America, but it provided leeway for the practice as punishment for individuals convicted of a crime. Several state constitutions still have language allowing involuntary servitude for prisoners. Timothy Nerozzi is a writer for Fox News Digital. You can follow him on Twitter @timothynerozzi and can email him at timothy.nerozzi@fox.com
Advocates for the constitutional changes hope it will help regulate and temper the use of prison labor.
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