Professor andré douglas pond cummings Speaks on decARcerate’s “13th Amendment” Panel

cummings, andré douglas pond. Striking “Except as a Punishment for Crime” From the Thirteenth Amendment. The Continuation of Prison Slave Labor in Arkansas, Bowen Law School, Little Rock, AR (February 27, 2019).

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Prof. cummings delivered remarks entitled “Striking ‘Except as a Punishment for Crime’ From the Thirteenth Amendment” at the decARcerate panel advocating for a prisoner’s right to be paid for work completed while incarcerated. Currently, Arkansas does not remunerate prisoners for work done while locked up causing great hardship on inmates & family