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Re:U.S. prison labor programs violate fundamental human righ... by tivert on Friday May 19, 2023 @11:47AM (#36003316)
> Disregarding that small bit in one of the constitutional amendments, isn't this straight up slavery?

No. Slavery is reckoning certain people as ownable pieces of property, and prison labor is not that.

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Re:U.S. prison labor programs violate fundamental human righ... by manuelabeledo on Friday May 19, 2023 @01:12PM (#36004387)
Being able to force someone to do anything against their will, minus the right to sell people, still sounds a lot like slavery to me.
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Re:U.S. prison labor programs violate fundamental human righ... by tivert on Saturday May 20, 2023 @02:44AM (#36009883)
> Being able to force someone to do anything against their will, minus the right to sell people, still sounds a lot like slavery to me.

It sounds like you have your definitions messed up. People being property is the defining characteristic of slavery. That would almost always entail involuntary servitude, but involuntary servitude is a more general term that encompasses other practices.

Also "being able to force someone to do anything against their will" certainly doesn't apply to prisoners in the US any other developed country.

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