The stated mission of the Convict Leasing and Labor Project is to document the abuses of forced labor in the United States past and present. That includes slavery, convict leasing, and current forced labor arrangements in US prisons. The published goal of CLLP is to “abolish the last vestiges of involuntary servitude in the nation to bring the US into compliance with Article 4 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.”
The stated vision of the CLLP is to provide a public forum on the impact of slavery, convict leasing, and current forced labor arrangements inside US prisons. According to their literature the group envisions:
- Partnering with the City of Sugar Land and Fort Bend Independent School District in properly memorializing the convict lease prisoners whose graves were uncovered at a FBISD construction site in 2018
- Partnering with the City and FBISD in establishing a permanent museum of slavery and convict leasing in Fort Bend County
- Providing educational outreach on the history of slavery, convict leasing, and forced labor
- Networking with prison reform activists and organizations dedicated to stopping ongoing forced labor arrangement in contemporary US prisons