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Prison labor = Slavery.

• Aloisius 1y ago
  Prison labor = slave labor, not slavery. Prison = slavery. I blame how slavery is taught for the confusion. Slavery itself is a legal state where one's autonomy is fully controlled by another. Forced labor is something people commonly use slaves for, but the absence of labor didn't make one free - a slave allowed to retire was still enslaved as was a newborn born into slavery even before they're first made to work.