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[mailto:info=rootsaction.org@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of RootsAction
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Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2016 2:01 PM
To: miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: End legal slavery in U.S. prisons
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Did you know that the U.S. Constitution currently allows unpaid slave labor
as long as it uses prisoners?
This is not optional work, preferable to inactivity. This is not educational
or rehabilitative. This is not a means of making restitution or
reconciliation. It's forced labor, often factory and industrial labor that
places prisoners at risk for toxic exposure, physical and neurological
degeneration, and cancer-related health problems. Many prisoners view
forced, unpaid labor in hazardous conditions as a death sentence, on top of
their life sentence.
Our petitions have helped win reforms in prisons before. Now prisoners are
protesting this injustice en masse, including going on strike in Texas and
Alabama. Let's find out how much we can all do together:
To: U.S. Senate and House: Revisit the 13th Amendment and propose a new
amendment to the Constitution that abolishes free prison labor and applies
the federal minimum wage to all labor in the United States and its imperial
territories.
<http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=FIDYCiFFoVXca6KvRbyDY4U
q0tz5mlH1> Learn more and sign here.
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To: Texas State Officials: Hundreds of prisoners are at serious risk of
being exposed to cancer-causing fumes at the Texas Correctional Industries
Metal Fabrication Plant. Provide immediate relief to the affected prisoners
and permit an investigation by a body that is not part of the prison
administration.
<http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=LGAkq2vsKPzQXk7uH00JedW
557A38TgL> Learn more and sign here.
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To: Georgia state legislators: A Georgia "life sentence" can, in the
minimum case, be completed in 20 years. A young prisoner with such a
sentence suffers horribly from not being told any release date. We urge you
to change state law with legislation to allow prisoners to be given a
definite release date, regardless of life sentences.
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aJdW557A38TgL> Sign here.
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vA9W557A38TgL> start your own petition that we can feature in a future
email.
Thanks!
-- The RootsAction.org team
Background:
Counterpunch: Prison<http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=nvtG42pXETD%2FPGapAlT5r
San Francisco Bay View: End<http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=N81LFS%2BB4z5EgxyjF4irt
Washington Times: 2<http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ii12kCm5NauY09GuJRt%2Fu
The Intercept: Striking<http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Ym7DzevyNC1C1F%2Ba8JSTK
