8-Day Blog Post: Cycle 6 US Inmates Launched a Nationwide Strike

On CNN, an article detailed the life of prisoners and their struggles in gaining independence. Recently there have been uprisings across the country for freedom. Prisoners are claiming that the prison system is allowing the inmates to be treated as slaves in a legalized manner. The Supreme Court ruled that the prison must be clean and a healthy environment for prisoners to live in, "[y]et the 13th Amendment of the US Constitution, while banning slavery, allows prisoners to work for little to no pay, in what inmate advocates say crosses the limits of human decency, amounting to modern-day servitude." The quote from the article describes a dangerous battle between inmates and the government; while the inmates struggle to find independence, they begin to band together and form riots. The government has made significant efforts to improve prison facilities, but it is obviously not making the prisoners feel as if they have equal rights. The prisoners deserve minimum wage and while the debate rages on, prisoners become more likely to revolt.