> Yes it is slave labor, but it is legal to an extent. As outright slavery - the treatment of human beings as property - once was. An argument is often made t

> Yes it is slave labor, but it is legal to an extent. As outright slavery - the treatment of human beings as property - once was. An argument is often made that if a prisoner is contributing work that is essential to the operation of the prison, that is easier to accept than an economy which relies on prison labor. There are wildfires in California every single year. That means that every single year, some prisoners - likely nonviolent - will be asked to risk their lives for $1 a day. $1 a day. I bet some of those folks only crime was selling weed.