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California slave labor: Jailed pre-trial detainees work for private firm—for nothing
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I don't get it, how is the California supreme Court justifying not paying pre trial labor. The text of the amendment is clear and their state laws mean dick to it:
Edit: I understand now, the California supreme Court didn't rule on constitutionality at all. They essentially said these petitioners have no place in statute and their claims for California minimum wage were insufficient. Doesn't mean the entire federal civil rights case is over though for enslaving pretrial defendants, just that any restitution they get will be shittier
And the old supreme Court ruling on this issue is that pretrial inmates can be used for housekeeping. Which now suddenly means over 40 hours a week of "housekeeping" for private companies in California mega jails.