Bill > AR58

This Resolution urges the United States Congress to propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would prohibit slavery, indentured servitude, and involuntary servitude for all individuals, including those convicted of crimes. The resolution highlights that while the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery, it contains an exception allowing it as punishment for crime, a loophole that has led to the exploitation of incarcerated individuals, particularly in private correctional facilities which profit from low-cost prison labor, often paying as little as 93 cents per hour or nothing at all, and providing little in the way of job skills for post-release employment.