Urges Congress to propose amendment to United States Constitution to prohibit use of slavery or indentured servitude for individuals convicted of crime.

This resolution (SR 53) urges Congress to propose a constitutional amendment to remove the Thirteenth Amendment's exception allowing slavery or indentured servitude as punishment for convicted individuals. It highlights that incarcerated people currently earn as little as 93 cents per hour for labor that rarely develops marketable skills, with some states paying nothing. The resolution cites examples like California prisons profiting $58 million from inmate labor while workers earn $2 per day. It seeks to amend the Constitution to prohibit such forced labor practices entirely, addressing a gap in the Thirteenth Amendment's original text.