Article I. Declaration of Rights
Article I, Section 33
Constitution of the State of Tennessee
Official text
Slavery and involuntary servitude are forever prohibited. Nothing in this section shall prohibit an inmate from working when the inmate has been duly convicted of a crime.
Source: Tennessee Blue Book 2025-2026 (Tennessee Secretary of State)
In plain English
Slavery and involuntary servitude are forever prohibited. The section, as amended by voters in 2022, adds that this does not stop an inmate duly convicted of a crime from working.
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