“Georgia Paragraph XXII. Involuntary servitude. There shall be no involuntary servitude within the State of Georgia ......except...... as a punishment for crime after legal conviction thereof ......or...... for contempt of court.”

“Mississippi SECTION 15. Slavery and involuntary servitude prohibited; punishment for crime. There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in this state, ......otherwise...... than in the punishment of crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted. SOURCES: 1869 art I § 19”

“UTAH Article I, Section 21. [Slavery forbidden.] Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, ......except...... as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within this State”

“Arizona State Constitution Section 34. Slavery or involuntary servitude. There shall be neither slavery, nor involuntary servitude in the State, ......otherwise...... than as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.— [Added to Bill of Rights as unnumbered section by vote of the people at time of adoption of the Oregon Constitution in accordance with section 4 of Article XVIII thereof]”

“Missouri Sec. 26. The general assembly shall not have power to pass laws-- 1. For the emancipation of slaves without the consent of their owners; or without paying them, before such emancipation, a full equivalent for such slaves so emancipated; and, 2. To prevent bona-fide immigrants to this State, or actual settlers therein, from bringing from any of the United States, or from any of their Territories, such persons as may there be deemed to be slaves, so long as any persons of the same description are allowed to be held as slaves by the laws of this State.”

“Oregon Section 34. Slavery or involuntary servitude. There shall be neither slavery, nor involuntary servitude in the State, ......otherwise...... than as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.— [Added to Bill of Rights as unnumbered section by vote of the people at time of adoption of the Oregon Constitution in accordance with section 4 of Article XVIII thereof]”

“Alabama SEC. 1. The General Assembly shall have no power to pass laws for the emancipation of slaves, without the consent of their owners, or without paying their owners, previous to such emancipation, a full equivalent in money for the slaves so emancipated. They shall have no power to prevent emigrants to this State from bringing with them such persons as are deemed slaves by the laws of any one of the United States, so long as any person of the same age or description shall be continued in slavery by the laws of this State: Provided, that such person or slave be the bona fide property of such emigrants; and provided, also, that laws may be passed to prohibit the introduction into this State of slaves, who have committed high crimes in other States or Territories. They shall have power to pass laws to permit the owners of slaves to emancipate them, saving the rights of creditors, and preventing them from becoming a public charge.”

“WASHINGTON STATE ARTICLE II LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT SECTION 29 CONVICT LABOR. The labor of inmates of this state shall not be let out by contract to any person, copartnership, company, or corporation, except as provided by statute, and the legislature shall by law provide for the working of inmates for the benefit of the state, including the working of inmates in state-run inmate labor programs. Inmate labor programs provided by statute that are operated and managed, in total or in part, by any profit or nonprofit entities shall be operated so that the programs do not unfairly compete with Washington businesses as determined by law. [AMENDMENT 100, 2007 Senate Joint Resolution No. 8212, p 3143. Approved November 6, 2007.] Original text -- Art. 2 Section 29 CONVICT LABOR -- After the first day of January eighteen hundred and ninety the labor of convicts of this state shall not be let out by contract to any person, copartnership, company or corporation, and the legislature shall by law”

“NEVADA [Effective until the date Congress consents to amendment or a legal determination is made that such consent is not necessary.] In obedience to the requirements of an act of the Congress of the United States, approved March twenty-first, A.D. eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to enable the people of Nevada to form a constitution and state government, this convention, elected and convened in obedience to said enabling act, do ordain as follows, and this ordinance shall be irrevocable, without the consent of the United States and the people of the State of Nevada: First. That there shall be in this state neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, ......otherwise...... than in the punishment for crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted. Article 1. Sec 17 Sec: 17. Slavery and involuntary servitude prohibited. Neither Slavery nor involuntary servitude unless for the punishment of crimes shall ever be tolerated in this State.”

“New Mexico Article XX Miscellaneous Sec. 15. [Penitentiary to be reformatory and industrial school; labor by inmates.] The penitentiary is a reformatory and an industrial school, and all persons confined therein shall, so far as consistent with discipline and the public interest, be employed in some beneficial industry; and where a convict has a dependent family, his net earnings shall be paid to said family if necessary for their support. Sec. 18. [Leasing of convict labor prohibited.] The leasing of convict labor by the state is hereby prohibited.”

“Louisiana Constitution §3. Right to Individual Dignity Section 3. No person shall be denied the equal protection of the laws. No law shall discriminate against a person because of race or religious ideas, beliefs, or affiliations. No law shall arbitrarily, capriciously, or unreasonably discriminate against a person because of birth, age, sex, culture, physical condition, or political ideas or affiliations. Slavery and involuntary servitude are prohibited, ......except...... in the latter case as punishment for crime.”

“Alabama State Constitution SECTION 32 Slavery prohibited; involuntary servitude. That no form of slavery shall exist in this state; and there shall not be any involuntary servitude, OTHERWISE than for the punishment of crime, of which the party shall have been duly convicted.”

“CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO ARTICLE II Bill of Rights Section 26. Slavery prohibited. There shall never be in this state either slavery or involuntary servitude, ......except...... as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.”

“CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION ARTICLE 1 DECLARATION OF RIGHTS SEC. 6. Slavery is prohibited. Involuntary servitude is prohibited ......except...... to punish crime.”

“Michigan Constitution as of 1963 Ratified and current MCL§ 9 Slavery and involuntary servitude. Sec. 9. Neither slavery, nor involuntary servitude ......unless...... for the punishment of crime, shall ever be tolerated in this state.”

“Constitution of the State of VERMONT CHAPTER I. A DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE STATE OF VERMONT Article 1st. All persons born free; their natural rights; slavery prohibited (notes) That all persons are born equally free and independent, and have certain natural, inherent, and unalienable rights, amongst which are the enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety; therefore no person born in this country, or brought from over sea, ought to be holden by law, to serve any person as a servant, slave or apprentice, after arriving to the age of twenty-one years, ......unless...... bound by the person's own consent, after arriving to such age, ......or...... bound by law for the payment of debts, damages, fines, costs, ......or...... the like.”

“NORTH CAROLINA State Constitution. Article I Declaration of rights: Sec. 17. Slavery and involuntary servitude. Slavery is forever prohibited. Involuntary servitude, ......except...... as a punishment for crime whereof the parties have been adjudged guilty, is forever prohibited.”