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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

if you confused about slavery legality in the united states, slavery is illegal.

hope this helps you.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2020/10/how-private-prisons-profit-from-forced-labor

It's still kinda legal, just takes some extra steps and signatures, and a bribed judge - of which there are many.

That's also setting aside people that are effectively slaves to low wages, unable to do anything but work with no chance for upward mobility.