The thirteenth amendment of the U.S. Constitution forbids slavery or involuntary servitude unless you have duly been convicted of a crime, then involuntary servitude is permitted (U.S. Const. amend. X111). Today, convict leasing is still in place. Inmates are encouraged to work for states, whether it is picking up trash alongside the road or doing construction work to working in fields. If inmates refuse to work, they well be held in solitary confinement and lose privileges from seeing family members or phone time to force them into labor involuntary (Rania, Khalek., AlterNet, 2011). The inmates who are involved in convict leasing do get paid, but not nearly enough for the work that they do. Taking away privileges because they do not want to work forces inmates into involuntary servitude
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This was known as the hijacker’s profile, which was a system to stop the hijacking of American commercial airliners to Cuba. By the end of the decade, airline hijacking had reached an extraordinary level and eighteen American airlines were hijacked in which the hijackers made 40 attempts against the U.S. aircraft and succeeded 30 times (Harris, 2003, p. 17). A way to prevent hijacking, law enforcement needed to stop the crimes on the ground, before the process could begin. Government officials made a behavioral characteristic list that seemed consistent with all hijackers and if anyone who was boarding a plane met these characteristics their ticket was stamped and they were then search and screened. They were not allowed to be stop and searched based on race or ethnicity, but as one can imagine, assuming middle-eastern individuals were more prominent to have a stamped ticket. Over time, as government realized that this didn’t bring a complete stop to hijacking, much like today, mandatory screening of all passengers boarding plans became mandatory (Harris, 2003, p.
This was known as the hijacker’s profile, which was a system to stop the hijacking of American commercial airliners to Cuba. By the end of the decade, airline hijacking had reached an extraordinary level and eighteen American airlines were hijacked in which the hijackers made 40 attempts against the U.S. aircraft and succeeded 30 times (Harris, 2003, p. 17). A way to prevent hijacking, law enforcement needed to stop the crimes on the ground, before the process could begin. Government officials made a behavioral characteristic list that seemed consistent with all hijackers and if anyone who was boarding a plane met these characteristics their ticket was stamped and they were then search and screened. They were not allowed to be stop and searched based on race or ethnicity, but as one can imagine, assuming middle-eastern individuals were more prominent to have a stamped ticket. Over time, as government realized that this didn’t bring a complete stop to hijacking, much like today, mandatory screening of all passengers boarding plans became mandatory (Harris, 2003, p.