B.2(d). Right to Protection from Enslavement or Involuntary Servitude

Slavery and involuntary servitude are prohibited except as punishment for a crime, and even then may not violate the Rights to Life or Bodily Autonomy or produce commercial gain. Conscription for military or civil service in preparation for, or in time of, war is not considered enslavement or involuntary servitude.

Incarcerated Labor Compensation.  Any value generated by incarcerated labor must be placed in a secure, interest‑bearing trust for the incarcerated Person, disbursed upon release or to a beneficiary upon death. If the prison includes a paid commissary, all income must be made available for use in that commissary during the Person’s incarceration. The Government may not profit.

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