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		taco_emoji on Jan 3, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Arizona inducing the labor of pregnant prisoners a... > Being a ward of the state doesn't make you property of the state They pretty much are, though, legally. Prisoners are Constitutionally permitted to be subject to involuntary servitude.

jacquesm on Jan 3, 2023 | [–]

Yes, but that's not what a ward means, a ward is a person who technically is under the protection of the state. That some states abuse the situation is a separate issue. It does not make you property.

anigbrowl on Jan 3, 2023 | [–]

That's the problem. fortunately we can change laws, they are not handed down from heaven.

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