Inmates and God Time/Right to Vote/Mandatory Release

Not all inmates are banned from voting if the state laws are not regulated accordingly. However, in the U.S. merely two states allow felons to vote from prison. Furthermore, in certain extreme cases, depending on the crime committed and other variables, the right to vote can remain rescinded even after felons have been released from prison and are paying debts. In most situations, revoking the right to vote is regarded as a consequence of criminals having assaulted on another individual's human rights. Thus, vote deprivation is regarded as part of the punishment and for a considerable amount of individuals, this is a lifetime condemnation.

Criminal disfranchisement of African-Americans has indeed been used in the past to suppress their right to vote. Following the racial discrimination of past centuries, and later on, the facade enfranchisement of African-Americans, particularly Southern states looked towards disempowering the...
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