Your friends should read the constitution instead of watching so much tv.karder wrote:I talk about this idea with friends and always hear the "slavery" argument. This does not turn prisoners into slaves, it teaches them how a real, functioning society works and what will be expected of them when they are released.
Hard labor and chain gangs are constitutional and the prisoners don't have to be paid. They can be forced to work and if they don't work then don't feed them. That's both constitutional and encouraged by Jesus.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.
We were not idle when we were with you, nor did we eat anyone's food without paying for it. On the contrary, we worked night and day, laboring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any of you. We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help, but in order to make ourselves a model for you to follow. For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If a man will not work, he shall not eat."