On one hand, if you're forcing people to work, let them do what they're good at. On the other hand, it's slavery. I don't know that you can trust coerced people

On one hand, if you're forcing people to work, let them do what they're good at. On the other hand, it's slavery. I don't know that you can trust coerced people to do these types of work without excessive oversight, either. Sentenced to work might be better for recidivism than just locking people up though? Lots of moral hazard and bad incentives though. In the US we see plenty of corrupt judges getting kickbacks from "court services" and rehabs, probably much worse in RU, especially if they can sell them into slavery.