{"id":2924,"date":"2020-12-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/how-lawmakers-want-to-end-forced-prison-labor-and-finally-abolish-slavery\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:06:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:06:05","slug":"how-lawmakers-want-to-end-forced-prison-labor-and-finally-abolish-slavery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/how-lawmakers-want-to-end-forced-prison-labor-and-finally-abolish-slavery\/","title":{"rendered":"C\u00f3mo los legisladores quieren poner fin al trabajo penitenciario forzoso y \u201cfinalmente abolir la esclavitud\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los dem\u00f3cratas del Congreso tienen como objetivo poner fin al trabajo forzoso en las prisiones de EE. UU. mediante la modificaci\u00f3n de una secci\u00f3n de la Enmienda 13, una medida que, seg\u00fan los legisladores, \u201cfinalmente abolir\u00eda la esclavitud\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>El senador Jeff Merkley (D-OR) y la representante saliente Lacy Clay (D-MO) presentaron el mi\u00e9rcoles una resoluci\u00f3n conjunta denominada &quot;Enmienda de abolici\u00f3n&quot;, que eliminar\u00eda la &quot;Cl\u00e1usula de castigo&quot; de la 13.\u00aa Enmienda, que fue ratificada en 1865.<\/p>\n<p>El lenguaje en la enmienda prohib\u00eda la esclavitud y la servidumbre involuntaria,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/constitutioncenter.org\/interactive-constitution\/amendment\/amendment-xiii\">excepto<\/a>&nbsp;\u201ccomo castigo por un delito por el cual la parte haya sido debidamente condenada\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>La resoluci\u00f3n establece que la cl\u00e1usula \u201ccontinu\u00f3 impulsando el encarcelamiento excesivo de estadounidenses negros durante la era de Jim Crow\u201d y dio paso a sistemas y campa\u00f1as que impactan desproporcionadamente a las comunidades de color, como la Guerra contra las Drogas.<\/p>\n<p>Seg\u00fan la Oficina de Estad\u00edsticas de Justicia citada en Merkley&#039;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/imo\/media\/doc\/The%20Abolition%20Amendment%20One%20Pager%20FINAL.pdf\/\">resumen de la resolucion<\/a>, 900.000 personas est\u00e1n involucradas en trabajos forzados en los Estados Unidos. El resumen tambi\u00e9n establece que 97% de personas encarceladas, que pertenecen desproporcionadamente a comunidades de bajos ingresos o son de color, nunca tuvieron un juicio, sino que fueron obligados a aceptar acuerdos de culpabilidad por delitos no violentos. Los acusados en estas circunstancias son obligados regularmente a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/eji.org\/news\/research-finds-racial-disparities-in-plea-deals\/\">tratos de culpabilidad discriminatorios<\/a>&nbsp;porque no pueden pagar la fianza, seg\u00fan Equal Justice Initiative. Es m\u00e1s, algunos estados no pagan a los presos por su trabajo, y en la mayor\u00eda de los dem\u00e1s estados,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/reports\/wage_policies.html\">los salarios son menos de $1 por hora.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYa es hora de que el Congreso elimine este lenguaje de la Constituci\u00f3n de los EE. UU., lo que deber\u00eda comenzar a poner fin a las pr\u00e1cticas abusivas derivadas de \u00e9l\u201d, Laura Pitter, subdirectora del programa de EE. UU. de Human Rights Watch,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/lawmakers-anti-slavery-amendment-6e13df5702725fc18c889eb6762771c3\">dicho de la enmienda propuesta<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>La resoluci\u00f3n de Merkley y Clay sigue a un verano de protestas en todo el pa\u00eds por el racismo sist\u00e9mico y la brutalidad policial contra las personas negras.<\/p>\n<p>La resoluci\u00f3n cont\u00f3 con 17 copatrocinadores, incluido el senador Bernie Sanders (I-VT), un ex candidato presidencial, as\u00ed como la senadora Deb Haaland (D-NM), una posible nominada informada para el gabinete del presidente electo Joe Biden. M\u00e1s de una docena de organizaciones de derechos humanos y justicia social, incluidas The Sentencing Project y Color of Change, han apoyado la enmienda.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congressional Democrats are aiming to end forced prison labor in the U.S. by modifying a section of the 13th Amendment &mdash; a move lawmakers say would &ldquo;finally abolish slavery.&rdquo;&nbsp; Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and outgoing Rep. 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