Constitution · Tennessee

Tenn. Const. art. I, § 33

Constitution
Constitution of Tennessee
Text as of
October 2026

What does this section say?

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.

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