Chattle slavery, though one of the most recent forms of slavery, and the most heinous to date, is not the only type of slavery. Able bodied inmates have no cho

Chattle slavery, though one of the most recent forms of slavery, and the most heinous to date, is not the only type of slavery. Able bodied inmates have no choice whether or not to work when ordered to. Companies routinely rent prison labor to avoid having to pay employee wages for work. Private prisons routinely sell non-able bodied inmates to state run prisons. An inmate can neither purchase their freedom nor purchase out of servitude. That there is a time limit on inmate ownership does not mean there is no ownership.