: An 8,000-acre plantation converted into a prison in 1880, where the former slave quarters became cell units.
: New amendments have been introduced in Congress to officially close the 13th Amendment loophole nationwide.
: States like Colorado, Tennessee, Alabama, Oregon, and Vermont have recently voted to ban forced prison labor.
The core of the "prison slavery" debate centers on the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. While it abolished slavery, it includes a specific exception:
Historically, many prisons were built directly on former slave plantations.