How Slavery Survived & What Prison Labor Reveals About America

About this episode

The episode explores the connection between slavery and prison labor in America, highlighting the realities of the justice system and economic exploitation.

Slavery didn’t vanish—it moved behind prison walls. We pull back the curtain on the 13th Amendment’s punishment clause, the economics of captive labor, and why a system built on coercion and deprivation keeps people cycling back inside. Through lived experience, we examine the gap between “justice” on paper and daily life in state facilities where field squads work in brutal heat or freezing cold, wages range from pennies to nothing, and essentials like calls and email cost a premium. D...

People in this episode

Host: Jesse Xander

Topics covered

• prison labor
• slavery
• 13th Amendment
• justice system
• economic exploitation

Keywords

• slavery
• prison labor
• 13th Amendment
• justice
• economic exploitation
• captivity
• coercion

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: 13th Amendment

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