It used to happen in a quite literal sense: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convict_lease https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convict_lease The modern prison labor sys

It used to happen in a quite literal sense: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convict_lease https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convict_lease The modern prison labor system varies from this in degree, but not really in kind. Inmates are still compelled to work in the US.