Different Subject: Prison

Incarnation, despite the arguments against, is a continuation of slavery and has been a means of ensuring this is the case for thousands if not millions of African Americans since the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment and its inclusion of the now recognized ‘exemption cause.’ The debate continues on how to ensure human rights are respected when someone is being held as punishment, but what such debaters and deliberators fail to realize that human rights are non-existent when it comes to the prison environment for such environment was essentially deemed to be slavery within the Constitution of the United States thanks in part to the previously mentioned amendment.

To truly resolve issues of human rights violations, congress would have to amend the Thirteenth Amendment to remove the clause which causes the problem. However, considering how American society and values were built upon the suffering of those less fortunate, this is all but wishful thinking as the politicians currently within office belong to a higher ruling elite class who refuses to relinquish power in any circumstance including when faced with a legitimate competitor willing to make such changes. So there we remain with a prison system that only causes more damages and lifers who become institutionalized instead of informed regarding why their behavior or their crimes are unacceptable in society and/or unforgivable in most situations.