Just for completeness, the US has its own flavor of issues here in its prison system.
Just 23¢ to $1.15 is the typical hourly pay [1], and work is not always voluntary and up to the same employee protection/safety standards as true employment [2].
Labour sourced from the incarcerated creates problematic incentives in law enforcement.
Forced labour means profit for someone. That is far too close to slavery to avoid major value clash, so it will hide itself to present a respectable face. Corruption is inevitable. You'll end up with judges sentencing children for profit. Off to the new world in fetters. As the setting for a novel, I'm convinced.
Just 23¢ to $1.15 is the typical hourly pay [1], and work is not always voluntary and up to the same employee protection/safety standards as true employment [2].
Labour sourced from the incarcerated creates problematic incentives in law enforcement.
[1] https://www.bop.gov/inmates/custody_and_care/unicor_about.js...
[2] https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/field_document/2022...