The 13th Amendment to the Constitution, Section 1 reads: "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."
Today, in the United States of America, a person convicted of a crime can be enslaved.
Today, in the United States of America, a person convicted of a crime can be legally declared less than human, a piece of property.
We need our Constitution to catch up to the present. We need to truly abolish slavery in the United States. Please sign this petition to let the powers-that-be that we want true social justice, laws that respect human rights, and a criminal justice system that is truly built to rehabilitate.