The total amount of time that the United States has participated in slavery

Counted live since July 4, 1776, 11:00 AM Eastern.

The 13th Amendment ended slavery and involuntary servitude “except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.” The exception incentivizes punishment.

This page also tracks an estimated $27.7 billion a year extracted from people caught in the system and their families, through fines, fees, bail, civil asset forfeiture, prison phone calls and more, and lets you search the companies that profit from prison labor.